Working words
Subtitle: punching the clock and kicking out the jams
By: edited and introduced by M.L. Liebler, foreword by Ben "Rivethead" Hamper
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 563
ISBN-13: 9781566892483
Subjects: American Working class writings; Literary collections; Working class; Work; Labor
Description: 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.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Labor poems and songs; title: 2. Short fiction; title: 3. Nonfiction, histories, and memories; title: Biographies.