{"product_id":"shut-up-shut-down-paperback","title":"Shut Up Shut Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Nowak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hard times faced by the American working class in the nation's rust belt inform these poetic oral histories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the narrative and investigative tradition of Gwendolyn Brooks, Edward Sanders, and Muriel Rukeyser, 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 industrial communities across America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet and labor activist heralded by Adrienne Rich for \"regenerating the rich tradition of working-class literature,\" Mark Nowak regularly leads transnational poetry workshops between American and international trade unions. The author of Revenants and Shut Up Shut Down, he has also been a contributor to the Poetry Foundation's Harriet blog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 161\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533409538092,"sku":"9781566891639","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/wBmD1Xo57E9781566891639.webp?v=1793364636","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/shut-up-shut-down-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}