Tag Archives: working-class poetry

Hope and Concern: The WCSA’s 2022 Award Winners

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Working-Class Perspectives

Great plagues subvert our expectations about how things work, opening up new opportunities and widespread mobilization for social change. According to one massive study of historical epidemics, “civil unrest” often follows – as we are seeing now. Whatever direction the … Continue reading →

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What Work Is, and Isn’t: Poet Laureate Philip Levine

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

In between grading student papers, revising my department’s mission statement, taking my son to soccer games, and following the Occupy Wall Street protests, I’ve been thinking about Phil Levine being named Poet Laureate for 2011- 2012.  It’s about time: at … Continue reading →

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Poetry and People’s History: Places We Called Home

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

Poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea, I know.  Modernist poetry in particular has a reputation for being obscure and self-obsessed.   But there is also a vein of contemporary poetry that speaks powerfully to our condition as a society, and … Continue reading →

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