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(More customer reviews)M. L. Liebler, the internationally acclaimed poet and activist, has hit the nail on the head with his new anthology, WORKING WORDS: PUNCHING THE CLOCK AND KICKING OUT THE JAMS. In one affordably-priced volume, Mr. Liebler has packed close to 600 pages of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction chronicling the lives and times of working class Americans over approximately the last 100 years. While not neglecting past masters such as Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, and Walt Whitman, Liebler makes sure to include a generous sampling of fresh and exciting voices of American literature.
From the perceptive metaphors for working class-struggle of Caroline Maun ("The Houseplant," "The Abdication of the Bees") to Mariela Griffor's haunting penetration of the psyches of those who would do anything to claw their way to a sort-of success ("Boys") to Anca Vlasopolous's nightmare vision of the American dream gone askew ("Lakeshore Drives") to Liebler's own searing depictions of working-class struggle ("On the Scrap," "Making It Right"), this book is loaded with plenty of meat for the multitude of Americans who must work for a living to chew over. WORKING WORDS is a testament of working America and should be taught in classrooms and read aloud by huddled masses at trash-can fires for generations to come.
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