The Heat: Steelworker Lives & Legends - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891812173 ISBN 13: 9781891812170

Publisher: Cedar Hill Pubns, 2001

Synopsis

A collection of short stories written by steelworkers under the guidance of award-winning poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. These voices of the working class describe what it's like to spend a lifetime in the shadow of America's steel mills. The Heat offers a rare last glimpse inside the huge, old abandoned plants that now litter the rust-belt landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

The authors are 15 men and women living near Gary, Indiana and Baltimore, Maryland, who have worked, or continue to work, in a steel mill.

Review:

". . . packs a bigger emotional punch than a year's worth of stories in Zoetrope." -- Village Voice, July 3, 2001

"Jimmy Baca's workshop has brought forth the giftedness of the working stiff as a writer. It's a revelation." -- Studs Terkel, from the book's back cover

"The stories that unfold on these pages are among the best short stories written today." -- Steelabor magazine, Jan./Feb. 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Cedar Hill Pubns
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1891812173
• ISBN 13: 9781891812170
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 157
• Editor: James Stacy, Baca Jimmy Santiago