Mike Royko Summary

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

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

[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... Read more

[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... Read more

[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, ... Read more

[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' … gat... Read more

[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... Read more

[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 columnis... Read more