Tuesday, October 02, 2007

News at Eleven: Rarely did students from mill towns

in New Hampshire and Massachusetts have even an inkling of labor history.

"They sort of imagine that factory owners decided, 'I think these people are working too hard. I think they should be working five days a week and maybe get some health insurance,' " he [Charles Simic] said. "This stuns me. I used to ask, 'I mean, your grandparents, don't they ever talk about the old days?' Not a clue."

from Concord Monitor: Poet relishes new challenge

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