Working Hard for the Money
by Weems, Mary E.; Smith, Larry; Anderson, Maggie; Budbill, David; Coleman, Wanda; Lang, JimFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher(s): Bottom Dog Pr
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Summary
Poetry. Fiction. Art. Subtitled "America's Working Poor in Stories, Poems, and Photos." Contributors to this volume come from all over the U.S., bringing to their writing diverse experiences involving community work or lived experience with social challenge. In her "Recipe for Wanda Coleman" contributor Coleman writes: "Take 18 years in the racist Los Angeles School System during the 50's-60's, add a thatch of hair that always goes back to Africa and a body that bursts all seams, stir in a tablespoon of allergic dermatitis, a pinch of honesty, a cup of chopped integrity and a half pint of Edgar Allen Poe." Contributors include Paul Allen, Mary E. Weems, Larry Smith, A.D. Winans, Victoria Rivas, and more.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Long Story | p. 14 |
| The Coming Revolution | |
| How the Poor Are Kept Poor | p. 19 |
| Title Panel for Photo and Interview Exhibit | p. 21 |
| Interview 1: Veteran, Teamster, Homeless Student | |
| Interview 3: Machinist | |
| Interview 2: Work Study Student | |
| Work and Its Malcontents | p. 33 |
| The Coming Revolution | p. 45 |
| Grief and Happiness | |
| Sorrow Knows this Dress/Mississippi Moonshine | p. 49 |
| My Parents: Snoring | p. 51 |
| Felon | p. 52 |
| Dry Creek Runs Wet in Winter | p. 54 |
| Sick Child | p. 55 |
| Tis Morning Makes Mother a Killer | p. 62 |
| Nora's Needs | p. 63 |
| Withoutfits | p. 70 |
| When Cheri's Father Was Crazy | p. 71 |
| Uneasy Death | p. 72 |
| Ronald Reagan Cheese | p. 73 |
| Brothers: Grief and Happiness | p. 74 |
| A Gift Of Cookies | p. 75 |
| You Do The Work | |
| where the poems are | p. 85 |
| Simple Pleasures / 25 Down | p. 86 |
| American Crawl | p. 89 |
| The Waitress at the Waffle Shop | p. 91 |
| Fault Lines | p. 92 |
| Fly Away | p. 97 |
| Car Broke Down | p. 98 |
| Sundae | p. 99 |
| Bad | p. 100 |
| Newcastle Bar & Grill / Espresso Jerk | p. 101 |
| Bowling Alleys | p. 103 |
| Nocturnal Birds | p. 104 |
| Mornings Outside the Boiler Room / Larry and Jim | p. 115 |
| Before the August Dawn / Mr. Merckle | p. 116 |
| Doubles | p. 118 |
| Half | p. 121 |
| Day Labor | p. 122 |
| After Ginsberg | p. 123 |
| CA Redemption / Grass Isn't Mowed on the Weekends | p. 124 |
| Shane's Produce | p. 127 |
| You Do The Work | p. 129 |
| Anson | p. 130 |
| Farm Work / Working Class / From the Field | p. 133 |
| On Factory Avenue | p. 136 |
| Lions After Slumber | p. 137 |
| Life On The Streets | |
| Life On The Streets | p. 141 |
| Ladybug, Ladybug | p. 143 |
| On Telegraph Avenue / Good Afternoon | p. 144 |
| Radar | p. 145 |
| Solstice | p. 147 |
| Crossroads | p. 148 |
| Dan | p. 150 |
| And the World Sparkled like Glittered Paper | p. 151 |
| Exhibit After the Poetry Reading Welfare | p. 157 |
| Cannery | p. 158 |
| Disabled List | |
| Union Meeting, 1959 | p. 161 |
| The Clearances | p. 162 |
| The "Outhouse" | p. 164 |
| Disabled List | p. 165 |
| Graveyard Shift | p. 167 |
| Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Strike 1999 | p. 175 |
| Dead-Loss | p. 177 |
| Poem For a Friend in Prison | p. 187 |
| Orizaba! | p. 190 |
| The Miracle of the Northern Lights | p. 191 |
| Grist For The Mill | p. 193 |
| The Contributors | p. 194 |
| The Editors | p. 202 |
| Permissions | p. 203 |
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