
"The poems in Millrat are full of blessed and flawed humanity, based on author Michael Casey's experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1960s. This is a 25th anniversary edition of the book, with additional poems plus commentary by early reviewers...

Poetry. "In reading Casey's poems we ought to remember that poetry often arises from an exhilaration and even an intoxification with the sounds of speech." Ted Kooser"If poetry were the singular truth of a poet, Casey's MILLRAT would be a masterpiece." Harvard Review"
