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(The Working Poor)
Millions of Americans live so close to the poverty line that even the smallest setback can be catastrophic. Pulitzer Prize-winner and former New York Times reporter David Shipler explains why so many of the United States' working poor are stuck in dead-end jobs with little opportunity for advancement. Then foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, talk about adopting their Zimbabwean daughter, Chipo, while Neely was covering the wars and AIDS epidemic in Africa. Sam Kashner shares his experience of being the lone student at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in 1976. And Richard Pollak reveals the often-unappreciated romance of container ships. Why should cruise ships and sailboats get all the attention?
David Shipler
David Shipler's new book is The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Shipler won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land.
Music: Soundtrack from Cider House Rules, Composed by Rachel Portman
Track 4: "Homer Asks Wally for a Ride ...
Music: Soundtrack from Cider House Rules, Composed by Rachel Portman
Track 4: "Homer Asks Wally for a Ride ...
Neely Tucker
Neely Tucker is the author of Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir. He currently writes for the Washington Post.
Music: Chaminuka Music of Zimbabwe by Dumisani Maraire
Track 2: "Chaminuka"
Track 3: "Machekeche"
Track 8: "Yuwi Maiwe"
Track 5: ...
Music: Chaminuka Music of Zimbabwe by Dumisani Maraire
Track 2: "Chaminuka"
Track 3: "Machekeche"
Track 8: "Yuwi Maiwe"
Track 5: ...
Sam Kashner
While at the Jack Kerouac School in Colorado, Sam Kashner's duties included typing Allen Ginsberg’s poems, cleaning the guru Rinpoche’s home, and keeping Gregory Corso from getting heroin. Kashner’s new book is When I Was Cool.
Music: The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan
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Music: The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan
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Richard Pollak
Richard Pollak's book is The Colombo Bay. Pollak spent time as a passenger aboard the "Colombo Bay," a massive container ship bound from Hong Kong to New York via the Suez Canal.
Music: Sea Power, A Global Journey, composed by Michael Whalen
Track 12: "Dawn of ...
Music: Sea Power, A Global Journey, composed by Michael Whalen
Track 12: "Dawn of ...
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