For Labor Day, I cite a Brecht poem and passages from Rachel Kranz’s Leaps of Faith, which is partly about striking clerical workers.
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For Labor Day, a Labor Strike Novel
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Is There an End to the Battle of the Sexes?
An excerpt from Rachel Kranz’s unpublished novels helps us negotiate the battle between feminism and patriarchy.
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Women Who Refuse To Be Broken
There are certain poets who appear indomitable and, in their confident affirmations of life, inspire the rest of us. Lucille Clifton was one of these poets.
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RIP, GOP Insurance Plan
Rachel Kranz composed the following piece of doggerel in honor of the GOP Insurance Plan to Obamacare, “a.k.a.: RIP.”
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Prisons, America’s Growth Industry
At long last, some politicians from both parties are beginning to express concern over America’s world-leading incarceration rate. Rachel Kranz raised the alarm 16 years ago in her novel “Leaps of Faith.”
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Work Makes Us Soar, Money Not So Much
In her novel “Leaps fo Faith,” Rachel Kranz helps us understand what work means to us. Citing Marx, she notes that work helps us express our essence but that, when it becomes part of the cash nexus, we find ourselves alienated from it.
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Kranz & Muriel Spark on Insulting the Aged
Today I share a poker post from my 61-year-old novelist and poker playing friend Rachel Kranz, about the indignities of being called “young lady” while at the poker table. Muriel Spark similarly objects to the indignities heaped upon those who are aging in her novel “Memento Mori.”