a "Working Life" The Essential June Jordan and extrudes a variety of

and extrudes a variety of poems to suit this most serious situation comedy: poems as job interviews

a lie spread across low-rent apartment complexes

then a gig

This new edition includes a preface by poet and scholar Peter Gizzi and an afterword in which Coolidge discusses the text with poet Jason Morris and City Lights editor Garrett Caples

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a "Working Life" The Essential June Jordan and extrudes a variety ofEileen Myles The first new collection since Evolution from the prolific poet, activist, and writer Eileen Myles, a Working Life unerringly captures the measure of life. Whether alone or in relationship, on city sidewalks or in the country, their lyrics always engage with permanence and mortality, danger and safety, fear and wonder.