Celebrating the life of Studs Terkel

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

The New Press will be hosting a memorial celebration of the life and work of Studs Terkel, who died on October 31st at the age of 96, on Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 pm in The Great Hall of Cooper Union.

Participants will include:

• Jimmy Breslin (Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsday columnist and author)
• Steve Earle and Allison Moorer (musicians);
• Laura Flanders (host of GritTV and RadioNation and New York Times bestselling author)
• Sydney Lewis (long-time friend and collaborator);
• Walter Mosley (best-selling author)
• Victor Navasky (publisher emeritus of The Nation and Director of the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at Columbia Journalism);
• Andre Schiffrin (founding director of The New Press and Studs' editor and publisher);
• Dan Terkel (son of the late Ida and Studs Terkel);
• Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor and publisher of The Nation);
• Gary Younge (columnist and feature writer for The Guardian);
• Howard Zinn (historian, activist, and prize-winning author of A People's History of the United States)

Co-sponsored by The Nation and The Indypendent.

The event will be open to the public and free of charge.

Location: The Great Hall of Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue, New York City (map)
Time: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm