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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Royko, Mike (1932-1997)

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Royko, Mike (1932-1997) Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Mike Royko was born on September 19, 1932 in Chicago, the city in which he lived most of his life, and it was as a distinctively Chicagoan jou... Read more

Biography (1)

Mike Royko

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Born into a tavern-owning family in a rough Polish neighborhood in the northwestern part of Chicago, Mike Royko (1932-1997) became one of America's premier political and social commentators.In their w... Read more

Essays & Analysis (12)

Mike Royko

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[In the following obituary, Crimmins and Kogan offer a full appreciation of Royko's life and career.] Mike Royko, a self-described "flat-above-a-tavern youth" who became one of th... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following obituary, Kurtz observes that while times changed, Royko remained the same—except for his house in the suburbs and country club membership.] He was cantankerous, soft-hearted,... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following brief obituary, Marshall looks at recollections of Royko by some of his early associates.] Mike Royko, who skewered everyone from mayors to yuppies in his gritty newspaper columns, d... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following obituary, Pasternak focuses on Royko's orneriness and some of the backlash it brought him.] Mike Royko, the ornery chronicler of an often ornery town, died Tuesday at Northwes... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following obituary excerpt, Pearson recounts some of the "events" Royko staged as part of his career-long campaign to deflate Chicago institutions and practices.] Mike Royko, 64,... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following excerpt, the author discusses Royko's death and relates some of the columnist's famous quotations.] Many of America's newspapers have lost one of their most popu... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following excerpted review, Howarth discusses Royko's substance and style in Like I Was Sayin'.] No such modesty deters Mike Royko, whose Like I Was Sayin' … gather... Read more

Mike Royko

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[The following essay gives a British reviewer's opinion of Royko's 'unsympathetic' treatment of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley in Boss.] The boss in politics is largely an ... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following essay, Somers assesses Royko's talents as a satirist.] Mike Royko is a nationally syndicated newspaper writer whose columns first appeared in the Chicago Daily News in 1966 an... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following review, Griswold, a California writer, praises Royko's book Sez Who? Sez Me!] Chicago is most often called the Second City by people prepared to drive six hours rather than sp... Read more

Mike Royko

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[The following review contains praise for Royko's writing on the vicissitudes of everyday life in Like I Was Sayin'.] Mike Royko, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago newspaper columnist, ... Read more

Mike Royko

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[In the following review, Monaghan praises the writing and pacing of Boss, but notes that Royko's portrait of Mayor Richard Daley is only two-dimensional.] Mike Royko is a witty and widely resp... Read more