If you're in NYC

On Sunday, December 7, at 4 p.m. at the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City, the New Press, the Nation and the Indypendent are sponsoring a celebration of the life and work of Studs Terkel, who died October 31. Speakers will include Jimmy Breslin, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Laura Flanders, Sydney Lewis, Walter Mosley, Victor Navasky, André Schiffrin, Dan Terkell, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Gary Younge and Howard Zinn. The event is open to the public and free. For more information, contact jswanda@thenewpress.com or call 212-629-8811.

I'm really sorry to miss this.  Some great speakers, and it's free.