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Working Words

Working Words

Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams

M.L. Liebler (Editor); Diane Di Prima (Contributor); Woody Guthrie (Contributor); John Sayles (Contributor)

$22.00
  • Publisher: Coffee House Press
  • Format: Book
  • Binding: pb
  • Pages: 470
  • Released: Oct 19, 2010
  • ISBN-13: 9781566892483

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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.

"M. L. Liebler is the poet laureate of America's working class. The collection he has assembled rings out with truth, intensity and love. In a world full of despair, it is comforting to have writers so gifted and generous singing our song of rebellion and hope. This book is the kind of spark we need these days—a rich, intense and inspiring collection for and about those who get their hands dirty every single day."—Michael Moore

"This book is not 'fresh-air.' It is a mighty wind. . . . While the nightly news continues to 'do the numbers,' as if we were all investors, here's the larger part—the real grit and savor of American life. Spelled out in plain English."—Peter Coyote

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