Shut Up Shut Down - Paperback

by Mark Nowak (Author), Amiri Baraka (Afterword by)

The hard times faced by steelworkers and miners in America's rust belt inform these poetic oral histories.

Author Biography

A 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.