Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566892481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 470 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Spelled out in plain English.”Peter CoyoteFrom the White Stripes' "The Big Three Killed My Baby" to Eminem's "Lose Yourself"; from the folk anthems of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie to the poems of Walt Whitman and Amiri Baraka; from the stories of Willa Cather and Bret Lott to the rabble-rousing work of Michael Moorethis transcendent volume touches upon all aspects of working-class life.A collection about living while barely making one, about layoffs and picket lines, about farmers, butchers, miners, waitresses, assembly-line workers, and the "Groundskeeper Busted Reading in the Custodial Water Closet," this is literature by the people and for the people.Contributors include:Amiri BarakaBonnie Jo CampbellWilla CatherAndrei CodrescuDorothy DayEmily DickinsonDiane di PrimaBob DylanEminemWoody GuthrieAllison Adelle Hedge CokeLolita HernandezPhilip LevineHenry Wadsworth LongfellowBret LottThomas LuxThomas LynchMichael McClureMichael MooreMark NowakEdward SandersJohn SaylesQuincy TroupeMIck VranichDiane WakoskiJack WhiteWalt Whitmanand many more.. Liebler is the poet laureate of America’s working class. L. This book is the kind of spark we need these daysa rich, intense and inspiring collection for and about those who get their hands dirty eve
Here are the clarion words of Woody Guthrie, Clifford Odets, Dorothy Day, Philip Levine, Li-Young Lee, Carlos Cortez, Wanda Coleman, and Bonnie Jo Campbell. The ladder up from poverty and oppression, work can also be an instrument of psychological and intellectual impoverishment and tyranny. After a rousing introduction, Liebler reaches back to the late-nineteenth century and ventures into our digital present to assemble a unique chorus of voices and array of perspectives. Now, in this watershed time when so many technological, geopolitical, and financial forces are eradicating American jobs an
THE VOICE OF WORKING AMERICA S. F Gulvezan M. L. Liebler, the internationally acclaimed poet and activist, has hit the nail on the head with his new anthology, WORKING WORDS: PUNCHING THE CLOCK AND KICKING OUT THE JAMS. In one affordably-priced volume, Mr. Liebler has packed close to 600 pages of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction chronicling the lives and times of working class Americans over approximately the last 100 y. Awesome I love this book because it is a new voice in poetry, one that inspires and unites. I purchased this book to get some much needed inspiration for my writing. The authors are great, the selection well put together.. "Five Stars" according to larry steinhart. great book