{"product_id":"shut-up-shut-down-paperback","title":"Shut Up Shut Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Nowak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Nowak\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed debut book of poems \u003ci\u003eRevenants\u003c\/i\u003e, the editor of \u003ci\u003eXcp: Cross Cultural Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eVisit Teepee Town: Native Writings After the Detours\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in Buffalo, New York and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he is active in the labor movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463443702067,"sku":"9781566891639","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/wBmD1Xo57E9781566891639.webp?v=1781613160","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/shut-up-shut-down-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}