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The Murdering of My Years: Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet Paperback – January 21, 2003

by Mickey Z. (Editor)

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Mickey Z. considers work a 50-year fugue from which some people awaken to wonder what has become of their lives. In The Murdering of My Years, cabbies, waitresses, clerks, telemarketers, and an array of others tell how they balance activism and artistic production with the daily struggle to make ends meet. Contributors essays are at once absurd and poignant; captivating and strange. Collectively, their reflections challenge the myth of the American work ethic and exhort readers to advocate for themselves in the workplace.

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The title of Soft Skull's latest Soft Skill book is taken from Charles Bukowski, who said of wage labor: "I couldn't understand the murdering of my years." A struggling activist/artist, Z. found that he was too short on time and money to write an activist's memoir and how-to. Instead, he e-mailed a questionnaire (printed at the end of the book), asking fellow activists and artists how they managed to be active yet survive economically. Each of the sections of the book is created from the responses to a particular question, but one gets the feeling that many activists and artists are quite private about their survival techniques. A.D. Nauman, for one, provides concrete ideas for writers looking for relatively painless work within the mainstream, and for artists who are also mothers, but the section entitled "The Dark Side: Illegal Jobs" is not nearly as juicy as one might hope. The e-mail format creates a tone that is entertaining, conversational and immediate, but also often prolix. Yet for anyone looking for some human company in the long struggle to make a living outside of the corporate structure, this book provides grassroots moral support.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Series: Soft Skill Books Series
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; 1st edition (January 21, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1887128786
ISBN-13: 978-1887128780
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 1 x 7 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
Average Customer Review: 1 customer review
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,332,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #4114 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Labor & Industrial Relations
- #16525 in Books > Business & Money > Human Resources

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David Group

solace for outsiders

March 5, 2004

Format: Paperback

The subtitle of this book is "Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet," and that is exactly what it is about-- people outside the mainstream of the 9to5 existence trying to make a living while not compromising their vision.
The author had e-mailed a number of people with a number of questions about their lives, everything from how they pay the rent to how their life choices affect their sex life. While some of the information is eye-opening and valuable, one soon begins to feel that the scope of the book is a bit too narrow-- only two dozen people offer their viewpoints, and often they are less than candid about various situations. Though there is some important information here for those contemplating charting their own course through life, the main value of this book is reassurance that You Are Not Alone.

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