Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams

By M.L. Liebler

Book Overview

Poets, rock stars, filmmakers, activists, novelists, and historians lend their voices to this landmark collection about the daily grind.

From the White Stripes's "The Big Three Killed My Baby" to Eminem's "Lose Yourself," from the folk anthems of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie to the poems of Walt Whitman and Amiri Baraka, from the stories of Willa Cather and Bret Lott to the rabble-rousing work of Michael Moore--this transcendent volume touches upon all aspects of working-class life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566892481
• ISBN13: 9781566892483
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"