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You Work Tomorrow - An Anthology of American Labor Poetry, 1929-41 (Hardcover)
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You Work Tomorrow - An Anthology of American Labor Poetry, 1929-41 (Hardcover)
Series: Class: Culture
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"An outstanding piece of scholarship and a welcome contribution to
the field, this collection of neglected but powerful poetry speaks
to our own time as much as it does to its own era."
---Nicholas Coles, University of Pittsburgh "Opens up a dramatic
new aspect of American literature for study, discussion, and
enjoyment. The collection of poems is original and engaging and is
sure to be useful for classes in literature, American history, and
labor studies."
---Alan Wald, University of Michigan "You Work Tomorrow" provides a
glimpse into a relatively unknown aspect of American literary and
labor history---the remarkable but largely forgotten poems
published in union newspapers during the turbulent 1930s. Members
of all unions---including autoworkers, musicians, teachers, tenant
farmers, garment workers, artists, and electricians---wrote
thousands of poems during this period that described their working,
living, and political conditions. From this wealth of material,
John Marsh has chosen poetry that is both aesthetically appealing
and historically relevant, dispelling the myth that labor poetry
consisted solely of amateurish and predictable sloganeering. A
foreword by contemporary poet Jim Daniels is followed by John
Marsh's substantive introduction, detailing the cultural and
political significance of union poetry. John Marsh is Assistant
Professor of English at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and Coordinator of The Odyssey Project, a
year-long, college-accredited course in the humanities offered at
no cost to adults living below or slightly above the federal
poverty level. A volume in the series Class: Culture
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