About the Book
In the grand, narrative tradition of Gwendolyn Brooks and Edward Sanders, this riveting collection of poetic plays and photo-documentary poems exposes the human cost of corporate greed and gives voice to the growing crisis faced in communities across America.
"The several long poems that make up this book build into each other with devastating force and understatement, breaking poetic boundaries, regenerating the rich tradition of working-class literature."-Adrienne Rich
Mark Nowak is the author of the critically acclaimed debut book of poems "Revenants," the editor of "Xcp: Cross Cultural Poetics" and the co-editor of "Visit Teepee Town: Native Writings After the Detours," He grew up in Buffalo, New York and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he is active in the labor movement.
Poetry. In the grand, narrative tradition of Gwendolyn Brooks and Edward Sanders, this riveting collection of poetric plays and photo-ocumetnary poems exposes the human cost of corportate greed and gives voice to the growing crisis face din communities across America. "The several long poems that make up this book build into each other with devastating force and understatement, breaking poetic boundaries, regenerating rich tradition of working-class literature" --Adrienne Rich.