Shut Up Shut Down

by Mark Nowak

Book Overview

In the grand, narrative tradition of Gwendolyn Brooks and Edward Sanders, this riveting collection of poetic plays and photo-documentary poems exposes the human cost of corporate greed and gives voice to the growing crisis faced in communities across America.

"The several long poems that make up this book build into each other with devastating force and understatement, breaking poetic boundaries, regenerating the rich tradition of working-class...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891639
• ISBN13: 9781566891639
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Revolutionary Poet

Mark Nowak's poetry will astonish you. His docu-poetics blasts through the tired, middle-brow, bourgeois, self-absorbed poetry that you didn't even know you needed an antidote to. If you're already an old or new lefty, read this and cry and rejoice. If you're a reader of poetry and need something that will blow your mind, read this and burn your veil. If you've never liked poetry but have a conscience, believe in historical accuracy, and believe that people who earn a living by the work of their hands deserve economic and social justice, buy all of Mark Nowak's books and buy an extra one for a friend who needs a hero. Not only is Mark a tireless advocate, activist, and artist, he's a wonderful person and the hardest working poet you'll ever meet.

in trouble again

baraka is a writer who readily embraces change, and this book reflects a life full of changes beginning with something as fundamental as a change in name.