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Coal Mountain Elementary
Author Biography
Photo by
Lisa Arrastia |
A
poet and labor activist heralded by Adrienne Rich
for “regenerating the rich
tradition of working-class literature,” Mark Nowak regularly leads transnational
poetry workshops between American and international trade unions. He is the
author of Revenants and Shut Up Shut Down , a New York
Times Book Review Editor's Choice and finalist for the Academy of American
Poets' James Laughlin Award. A native of Buffalo, New York, he is now the Director
of the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College in Maryland.
Visit the author's web site at http://coalmountain.wordpress.com/
Photo by
Ian Teh |
A British photographer, Ian Teh has been documenting working conditions in China for over a decade. His photographs have appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, and the UK Independent Magazine and have been widely exhibited. He has received numerous honors, including the World Press Master Class. He was a finalist for the CCF Foundation for Photography prize in 2004 and his work was recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Presently he lives and works in London.
Visit the photographer's web site at www.ianteh.com
Watch a video based on the photographer's
work at www.vimeo.com/5473654
Learn more about Ian Teh's new magazine Deep Sleep at http://www.deepsleep.org.uk/
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