Empty Shoes Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless |
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Author:
| Randolph, Patrick T. |
Contribution by:
| Kort, Ellen Aschbrenner, Linda Leland-St. John, Sharmagne Lockie, Ellaraine McCormick, Jeri Smith, Lester Galing, Ed Gill, Caroline Alexander, M. Lee Beckman, Madeleine Der Hohannesian, Krikor Dethlefsen, Bruce Fast, Naomi Rosenthal, Ruth Sabath Kirch-Thibado, Susan F. Woloch, Cecilia Miller, Denise Amodeo Zavatsky, Bill Steinfeld, J. J. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4495-1779-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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151 poems about hunger and homelessness, from 80 poets, many with direct experience, such as: Dori Appel, a Red Cross disaster volunteer; Mary L. Downs, a volunteer at LEAVEN; Barbara Flaherty, former treatment center supervisor; Nancy Gauquier, formerly homeless in NY; Randall Horton, a Ph.D. candidate who advocates for the homeless and prison reform, having been homeless and in prison; Michele Leavitt, a teenage runaway in the 1970s, who later worked as a public defender; John J....
More Description151 poems about hunger and homelessness, from 80 poets, many with direct experience, such as: Dori Appel, a Red Cross disaster volunteer; Mary L. Downs, a volunteer at LEAVEN; Barbara Flaherty, former treatment center supervisor; Nancy Gauquier, formerly homeless in NY; Randall Horton, a Ph.D. candidate who advocates for the homeless and prison reform, having been homeless and in prison; Michele Leavitt, a teenage runaway in the 1970s, who later worked as a public defender; John J. Quirk, a member of Chicago's Homeless Action Committee; Nancy Scott, a social worker who helps find housing; and Julian I. Taber, who treated homeless veterans in the V.A.Also includes: Ellen Kort, Wisconsin's first Poet Laureate; Linda Aschbrenner, publisher of the first 100 issues of Free Verse; Pushcart nominees Sharmagne Leland-St. John and Ellaraine Lockie; and Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets presidents Jeri McCormick and Lester Smith.All profits go to programs helping the hungry and homeless.