num_pages: 69
description: This sophisticated collection of poems about the intersection of childhood innocence and North American injustice broadens the lives of immigrants, children, racial minorities, the poor, and the disadvantaged. About a teenaged factory worker, Anderson writes, ""200 porch-size rugs behind her / before she can stop / to reach up, like her mother, / to pick the lint / out of her hair."" Robin Becker says The Work Of Hands ""illustrates how we sustain ourselves against forces that could crush us."" These are poems of intelligent compassion."
language: English
title: The Work of Hands
titlecomplete: The Work of Hands
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Perugia Press