Piece Work

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Piecework, from poet Barbara Presnell's collection of the same name, focuses on the South's dying textile industry. In Ms. Presnell's collection, mill workers speak poignantly of work and family, bringing an almost documentary insight into the population caught between industrial and post-industrial America. Although fictional, the workers' voices ring with authenticity as they face unemployment, re-education and changes in their lifestyle and livelihood.