{"product_id":"going-for-broke-living-on-the-edge-in-the-worlds-richest-country-9781642599657","title":"Going for Broke: Living on the Edge in the World's Richest Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoing for Broke\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing introductions by luminaries including Michelle Tea, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Astra Taylor, \u003cem\u003eGoing for Broke\u003c\/em\u003e is revelatory. It shows us the costs of income inequality to our bodies and our minds--and demonstrates real ways to change our conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alissa Quart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642599657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlissa Quart is the Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, created with her close collaborator, the late Barbara Ehrenreich. She is also the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction including the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eBootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSqueezed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRepublic of Outsiders\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHothouse Kids\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBranded\u003c\/em\u003e. She has written for many publications including \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post, The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e. She has also produced a number of documentary films, including \"Jackson.\" Quart has won an Emmy, an SPJ award, and received a Nieman fellowship, among other honors. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Wallis\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Managing Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. He previously served as opinion editor of the \u003cem\u003eForward\u003c\/em\u003e and deputy editor of \u003cem\u003eThe New York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e. He has contributed to the\u003cem\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, Slate, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e, and has edited two critically acclaimed books, \u003cem\u003eKilled: Great Journalism Too Hot To Print\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKilled Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2000, he founded Featurewell.com, an online syndication service that pays the majority of proceeds to contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41129078358131,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_753af33e-3d97-4c8f-bb44-b7e35fc37091.jpg?v=1701269352","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/going-for-broke-living-on-the-edge-in-the-worlds-richest-country-9781642599657","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}