{"id":76230,"date":"2026-08-26T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=76230"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:07:08","slug":"a-lost-poem-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/08\/a-lost-poem-found.html","title":{"rendered":"A Lost Poem Found<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/summary>\n
Oh shit<\/a>.
Studs Terkel 
\u200bis d\u200bead.
He was 96\u200b \u2014
the blackest <\/a>
white man<\/a> 
I ever met. 
Blacker even than
his lifelong friend
Nelson Algren,
another black man
who happened
to be
born white.

jh<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a>
Read his obituary.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
BORN BLACK<\/em><\/strong>

Oh shit!
Studs Terkel
is dead.
He was 96 \u2014
the blackest
white man 
I ever met \u2014
blacker than his <\/strong>
lifelong friend
Nelson Algren,<\/strong>
also dead, <\/strong>
another white man
who happened to
be born black.

jh<\/em><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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