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245 00 Going for broke :|bliving on the edge in the world's 
       richest country /|cedited by Alissa Quart and David 
       Wallis. 
246 30 Living on the edge in the world's richest country 
264  1 Chicago, Illinois :|bHaymarket Books,|c2023 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    360 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "An anthology from the Economic Hardship Reporting 
       Project."--title page. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-350) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tThe body --|tHome --|tFamily --|tWork --|tClass. 
520    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. 
650  0 Poor|zUnited States. 
650  0 Poor|zUnited States|vPersonal narratives. 
650  0 Working poor|zUnited States. 
650  0 Working poor|zUnited States|vPersonal narratives. 
650  0 Working class|zUnited States. 
650  0 Working class|zUnited States|vPersonal narratives. 
650  0 Poverty|zUnited States. 
650  0 Poor|xGovernment policy|zUnited States|y21st century. 
650  0 Poverty|xGovernment policy|zUnited States|y21st century. 
651  0 United States|xSocial conditions|y21st century. 
651  0 United States|xSocial policy|y21st century. 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y21st century. 
700 1  Quart, Alissa. 
700 1  Wallis, David|q(David R.)