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Punching Out

Punching Out

Daniels, Jim

Paperback

Series: African American Life (Paperback)

LaborGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0814321917
ISBN13: 9780814321911
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Mar 1 1990
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.99
Language: English

Daniels' second book of poetry takes readers inside an auto factory with Digger, a young man whose initial reaction of shock and dismay at the difficult working conditions prompts him to find ways to cope with the dehumanization he experiences there. The book is a series of tightly woven poems that play off one another so that the book accumulates tension and energy as it progresses.

Daniels treats his characters and their work with respect, giving them a dignity that factory condition deny them. Opting for blunt, straightforward language, Daniels does not try to poeticize the factory but rather injects the factory into his poetry.

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