| Description |
xvi, 302 p. ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Chicken 81 / Sarah L. Courteau -- Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- That joy that packs the body / Andrew Miller -- Hatchet man / Leo Parascondola -- Coins / Mona Simpson -- Morrison's, 1968 / Rick Campbell -- The midnight tour / Marcus Laffey -- Dirty talk / Amanda Scheiderer -- Womanhood / Catherine Anderson -- Concrete men / Dan Pope -- We who have escaped / Leigh Hancock -- Torch song / Charles Bowden -- When I was eleven / Ed McManis -- McDonald's--we do it all for you / Barbara Garson -- The river bottom ranch / Marcial Gonzalez -- One woman watching / Linda Kantner -- Jobbed / Philip Levine -- Things you need to know about your boss / Elizabeth Kerlikowske -- The trouble with guidebooks / J.C. Ross -- Debt / Will Watson -- The suicidal freezer unit / Tom Wolfe -- Photograph : migrant worker, Parlier, California, 1967 / Larry Levis -- After Cowboy Chicken came to town / Ha Jin -- Job / Erika Meitner -- Livelihood / Lou Fisher -- The fireman / Rick Bass -- White boots : ghost of the San Manuel mine / William Pitt Root -- The dog / Nathan Alling Long -- After garbage men / Jay Snodgrass -- The women who clean fish / Erica Funkhouser -- Appointed route / Ben Satterfield -- The basement / Paula Champa -- Labor #1 / Clay Blancett -- Senior's last hour (ALCOA Aluminum, North Plant, Alcoa, TN) / Richard Joines -- At work / Mary Malinda Polk -- If language was a house of being / Darren Morris -- He's at the office / Allan Gurganus -- By appointment / Lisa K. Buchanan -- "Spinner, cotton mill, 1908-1909" / Jorn Ake -- Jane / Ambur Economou -- Quitting the paint factory / Mark Slouka -- W-- / Shirlee Sky Hoffman. |
| Subject |
Work -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Work -- Literary collections.
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Labor -- Literary collections.
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Occupations -- United States.
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Occupations -- Literary collections.
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Industrial sociology -- United States.
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American literature -- 20th century.
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American literature -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Scheckner, Peter, 1943-
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Boyes, M. C. (Mary C.)
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| ISBN |
0826516092 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780826516084 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0826516084 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780826516091 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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