The Art of Work: An Anthology of Workplace Literature, Student Edition

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• ISBN13: 9780538636513
• ISBN10: 0538636513
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-02-22
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

The Art of Work: An Anthology of Workplace Literatureis a collection of poetry, short stories, essays, and drama that provides the basis to complement the reading, writing, discussion, listening, and critical thinking skills necessary for any workplace-related curriculum!

Table of Contents

Short Stories
In Service	3	(14)
Louisa May Alcott
A Delicate Balance	17	(6)
Jose Armas
Spring	23	(7)
Italo Calvino
A Doctor's Visit	30	(14)
Anton Chekhov
Bargain	44	(13)
A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Hack Driver	57	(9)
Sinclair Lewis
Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon	66	(10)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Forty-Five a Month	76	(7)
R.K. Narayan
The Man to Send Rain Clouds	83	(6)
Leslie Silko
Just Lather, That's All	89	(6)
Hernando Tellez
The Catbird Seat	95	(11)
James Thurber
The Richer, the Poorer	106	(9)
Dorothy West
Nonfiction
Personal Memoirs
Cotton-Picking Time	115	(4)
Maya Angelou
My Lack of Gumption	119	(9)
Russell Baker
From Man to Boy	128	(3)
John R. Coleman
True Stories and Other Dreams	131	(7)
Judy Collins
Darkness at Noon	138	(4)
Harold Krents
Shooting an Elephant	142	(9)
George Orwell
The Indian Basket	151	(3)
Mickey Roberts
The Boy and the Bank Officer	154	(4)
Philip Ross
Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Tie	158	(7)
Yoshiko Uchida
Process/Job Description
Perfection is an Insult to the Gods	165	(6)
Tracy Kidder
To Bid the World Farewell	171	(7)
Jessica Mitford
Sarcophagus	178	(10)
Richard Selzer
Nancy Miles: The Political Conscience of the Class	188	(4)
Studs Terkel
Nick Salerno	192	(5)
Studs Terkel
Essay
Pablo Picasso: Living in His Own Shadow	197	(4)
Ellen Goodman
Insert Flap `A' and Throw Away	201	(5)
S.J. Perelman
Shorthand Grad is Shortchanged	206	(7)
Mike Royko
Poetry
Theme: Coping
Woman Work	213	(2)
Maya Angelou
Factory Jungle	215	(1)
Jim Daniels
The Song of the Factory Worker	216	(2)
Ruth Collins
Pee Wee	218	(1)
Jim Daniels
Old Man Pike	219	(2)
David Budbill
Theme: Downtrodden
An Old Charcoal Seller	221	(1)
Po Chu-Yi
Share-Croppers	222	(1)
Langston Hughes
Weaving at the Window	223	(1)
Wang Chien
``Butch'' Weldy	224	(1)
Edgar Lee Masters
Song of the Weaving Woman	225	(3)
Yuan Chen
Theme: Endings
Enough	228	(3)
James Scully
Cooney Potter	231	(1)
Edgar Lee Masters
Their Bodies	232	(2)
David Wagoner
Theme: Family
Me and My Work	234	(1)
Maya Angelou
That Day	235	(1)
David Kherdian
The Rope	236	(1)
Patricia Dobler
Mag	237	(3)
Carl Sandburg
Theme: Pride
Old Men Working Concrete	240	(2)
Phil Hey
Old Florist	242	(1)
Theodore Roethke
Factory Work	243	(2)
Deborah Boe
The Closing of the Rodeo	245	(3)
William Jay Smith
Theme: Society
To Be of Use	248	(2)
Marge Piercy
The Country of Everyday: Literary Criticism	250	(4)
Tom Wayman
Theme: Survivors
Saturday's Child	254	(2)
Countee Cullen
Dynamiter	256	(1)
Carl Sandburg
5000 Apply for 100 Jobs	257	(4)
Jim Daniels
Drama
The Oyster and the Pearl	261
William Saroyan