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Studs Terkel has written 11 books of oral history, allowing ordinary Americans to tell their stories through him. Ray Suarez speaks with Terkel about his latest work, "Hope Dies Last," which looks at human perseverance in challenging circumstances.

Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles explores the mass expulsion of people of Mexican descent from the United States during the Depression and new efforts to address it.

The National Book Awards were announced last week. Jeffrey Brown speaks with one of the winners: C.K. Williams, whose collection "The Singing" won the poetry prize.