Rick Campbell: Archeology
I have come a thousand miles for this. J&L’s ruins, a gravel plain on the Ohio’s west bank. There’s little left but an archeology of memory—smokestacks, ovens, foundry, smelter, slag. … Continue reading
February 27, 2019 · 1 Comment
Robert Gibb: Worker, Steel Mill
Photograph by W. Eugene Smith, c. 1955 . Bug-eyed in those glare-filled goggles, He’s gauntleted and cassocked, garbed To be garbed in fire, which forms a lake On the floor … Continue reading
January 24, 2019 · Leave a comment
Elizabeth Romero: A Day in Thread City
(In 1982, in Willimantic, CT, the thread mill closed throwing thousands out of work.) Late August and through the open windows, warm Spanish syllables round and sweet as … Continue reading
November 6, 2017 · Leave a comment
