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From the Introduction: I hope that this book, this collection of work by and about the millions of poor working-class folks in this country, who cross all race, religious, and cultural backgrounds will help our reading audience add images of people to this reality. That it will encourage them to become active participants in both acknowledging, respecting, and reducing the number of poor working-class and homeless Americans. - Mary E. Weems And so, in coming to this book on America's working poor, Bottom Dog Press opens its eyes and heart to a real world of struggle and quiet strength. These are writings that witness and participate. The lives may be those of the writers or projections of the lives of others they know, but in all cases they are personal and involved in the world they describe. The character of the life they describe is authentic and valued by the writer. - Larry Smith
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40 writers and photographers present a revealing portraint of America's Working Poor in Stories, Poems, and Photos. It is an important document of our times done by writers of vision and craft, making witness.
Working Hard for the Money: America's Working Poor in Stories, Poems, and Photos (Working Lives Series),Larry Smith,Mary E. Weems,Maggie Anderson,David Budbill,Wanda Coleman,Jim Lang,Maj Ragain,Bottom Dog Press,0933087772,American - General,General,Labor,Literary Collections,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics
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