Going for broke, living on the edge in the world's richest country, edited by Alissa Quart and David Wallis
Type
Label
Going for broke, living on the edge in the world's richest country, edited by Alissa Quart and David Wallis
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-350) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Going for broke
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1374814281
Responsibility statement
edited by Alissa Quart and David Wallis
Sub title
living on the edge in the world's richest country
Summary
"A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just another assignment. All illustrate what the late Barbara Ehrenreich, who conceived of EHRP, once described as "the real face of journalism today: not million dollar-a-year anchorpersons, but low-wage workers and downwardly spiraling professionals." One essayist and grocery store worker describes what it is like to be an "essential worker" during the pandemic; another reporter and military veteran details his experience with homelessness and what would have actually helped him at the time. These dozens of fierce and sometimes darkly funny pieces reflect the larger systems that have made writers' bodily experiences, family and home lives, and work far harder than they ought to be. Featuring introductions by luminaries including Michelle Tea, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Astra Taylor, Going for Broke is revelatory. It shows us the costs of income inequality to our bodies and our minds--and demonstrates real ways to change our conditions."--Publisher's website
Table Of Contents
The body -- Home -- Family -- Work -- Class
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Society & cultures -- Social justice
- Poverty -- United States
- United States -- Social policy -- 21st century
- Low income group -- United States -- Personal narratives
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities
- Working class -- United States
- Economic status -- United States
- Poverty -- United States -- Personal narratives
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Low income -- United States
- Economically disadvantaged -- United States
- Working class -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Poor + Government policy -- United States -- 21st century
- Low income group -- United States
- Poor -- United States
- Economically disadvantaged -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Economically disadvantaged + Government policy -- United States -- 21st century
- Poor -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Middle class -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Low income -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Middle class -- United States
Content
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- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Society & cultures -- Social justice
- Poverty -- United States
- United States -- Social policy -- 21st century
- Low income group -- United States -- Personal narratives
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities
- Working class -- United States
- Economic status -- United States
- Poverty -- United States -- Personal narratives
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Low income -- United States
- Economically disadvantaged -- United States
- Working class -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Poor + Government policy -- United States -- 21st century
- Low income group -- United States
- Poor -- United States
- Economically disadvantaged -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Economically disadvantaged + Government policy -- United States -- 21st century
- Poor -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Middle class -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Low income -- United States -- Personal narratives
- Middle class -- United States
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