Coming Home from the Candy Factory

by Byers, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781773861746
• ISBN10: 1773861743
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-04-03
• Publisher: Caitlin Press Inc.
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Summary

Why is so little written about work when we spend a huge portion of our lives engaged with it? Informed by her observations and evaluations of hundreds of jobs, ergonomist Jane Byers’ Coming Home From The Candy Factory shines a spotlight on the physical labour that often leads to workplace injuries. And as a poet, Byers pays attention not only to the physical demands but also the language of work. As an ergonomist and a poet, her work comes together in this new collection of lyric essays and poems.

Author Biography

Jane Byers’ memoir Small Courage: A Queer Memoir of Finding Love and Conceiving Family (Caitlin Press-Dagger Editions) was released in September 2020. She has also published two poetry collections, Acquired Community (2016, Caitlin Press-Dagger Editions), a 2017 Goldie Award Winner for lesbian poetry and Steeling Effects (2014, Caitlin Press) and a chapbook, It Hurt, That’ s All I Know (Nose in Book Publishing, 2017). She has written multiple treatments for award-winning short and feature-length documentaries.