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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008

November 1, 2008

Studs Terkel, that great & generous soul, has passed on. For me, the voice of Studs Terkel will always symbolize a combination of passionate curiosity, prophetic conviction, and deeply generous, fatherly love. He delighted in the people of the world, and shared his delight with us.

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| The Reading Life|| History|| Sociology
Tagged With: John Steinbek, Biography, Chicago, Community, History, Memoir, Mike Royko, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright, Social Justice, Studs Terkel, Theodore Dreiser, WFMT
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Do you breathe the water?

February 10, 2008

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood

During my first pregnancy, I lived on a truck route. My pregnancy manual, the ubiquitous and sometimes disturbing What to Expect When You’re Expecting, said that unless I was living in a bus terminal or a tollbooth, “breathing in the big city…isn’t as risky as you might think…. Even in the 1960s, when pollution was […]

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Shelved with: Reading the Land|| Biology|| Science & Technology|| Mind & Society|| The Book of Nature
Tagged With: Water, Scleroderma, Amniocentesis, Birth Defects, Chicago, Environment, Food, Having Faith, Parenting, Pregnancy, Sandra Steingraber
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Locals in a New Place – Reading Aldo Leopold

August 9, 2007

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

The literacy of children thus follows the passions and engagements of the parents, and starts where they are.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Reading the Land|| Continuing Stories
Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Chicago, Environment, Place, Reading Aloud, Wisconsin
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