Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-10-26
Books mentioned on Part Two:The Deadliest Workplace Disaster in U.S. History
Robert and Jason continue their discussion of the deadliest workplace catastrophe in U.S.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser and Catherine Venable Moore is a powerful historical and literary exploration documenting the devastating industrial disaster at Hawks Nest, West Virginia, where hundreds of tunnel workers suffered and died from silicosis.
Discussed“the FBI mentions the book of the dead only once in passing as a work that dealt with the industrial disintegration of the peoples in a West Virginia Village riddled with silicosis”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Theory of flight
“she is already a celebrated poet for her first book theory of flight which had won a Yale younger poets prize”