Poet Philip Levine knows what it is to stand in a long line looking for work.
Tag Archives: Unemployment
The Hunger Games & the Job Market
“The Hunger Games” captures how my students see the contemporary job situation.
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Laureate Philip Levine, Working Class Poet
Raised in Michigan and once a factory worker, Philip Levine, our new poet laureate, often writes about rustbelt desolation, as he does in “An Abandoned Factory, Detroit.”
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A Book to Read While Looking for Work
Can a love of literature help you find work? Jody Costa, a former student of mine, had the opportunity to find out this past year. I asked Jody to write a post to provide insight into how literature enters into the lives of 20-something college graduates wrestling with the rough economy. She discovered, as you […]
