Collected here are poems from Peter Oresick’s previous books, beginning withThe Story of Glass (1977), and to them are added 36 new poems called Under the Carpathians. His work—known for working class
Editors Coles and Oresick (both at the Univ. of Pittsburgh) have compiled an anthology of poems about "the nature and culture of nonindustrial work." Their previous anthology, Work Classics: Poems on
In these six stories, Willa Cather vividly captures the character of early 1900s Pittsburgh, a place she called home during her formative years as a writer. She depicts a city a where culture is begin
From the cannery rows of California to the sweatshops of New York, this anthology of poems captures the drama of work and working-class life in industrial America. It speaks of
