Now more than 90 years old and going strong,
as an art form. Division Street: America
is another of my favorite books. Through it,
Terkel paints a fascinating picture of daily life
in the city of Chicago, told in the words of
those who struggle, with greater or lesser
success, to “solve” the puzzle of life the city
gives them. Division Street is a real
Chicago Street, but the title is also meta-
phorical: every city has many Division Streets.
City dwellers are divided by race, by ethnicity,
by wealth, and other factors as well.
This book will help us see those divisions
through the eyes of persons who are
challenged by them.