Blue Collar Boom by Burke, Bill; Jordan Green - 1996

np: bops,crack,boom! press, 1996. Paperback. SIGNED. First edition. Near Fine paperback with bump/crease at one corner; otherwise fine. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. An anthology of working-class writing, with true stories of work in the coal industry, carnie workers, family abuse, motherhood, Pentecostal religion, civil disobedience, police brutality, and Greyhound buses. Sixteen writers contributed to the book, including Zoe Ryder Arnold, Edward Bujans, Colette, Doc Dachtler, Kent Fielding, FKR, Jordan Green, Tracey Johnstone, Chris King, Charles Semones, W. Loran Smith, Nova Ren Suma, Nick Valle, Rani Whitehead, Ron Whitehead, and Yojo. Photographs by Bill Burke; edited by Jordan Green. SIGNED BY BURKE on the page with his first photograph with his “Actual Signature” stamp. Perfect-bound; 64 pages; 5 full-page b&w illustrations + 2 text illustrations; 5.5 x 8.5 inches.