| Shut Up Shut Down Contributor(s): Nowak, Mark (Author), Baraka, Amiri (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 1566891639 ISBN-13: 9781566891639 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2004012789 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.34" W x 9.02" (0.59 lbs) 161 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |