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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"In this fourth collection, Dorianne Laux once again strikes fire from the stones of the ordinary: a quiet neighborhood street at dusk, a pool hall, a bare tree, a starling. Her lines measure the vulnerable grace of working people, the waitress, the nurse, the bus driver. And especially in this new collection, the beauty and pain of young women, mothers and daughters, sisters, lovers, caught in the "lunar pull" of our time, coming of age in America."--Jacket....
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A diverse collection of 169 poems by 74 poets writing about blue- collar America at work. Arrangement is by author, with indexing that gives access by subjects such as accidents, after work, bosses, various industries, retirement, sabotage, pride in work. The theme of work is a central and evocative one, and this collection brings its importance home.
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