“Three rules to live by: One: Don’t be afraid of anyone. Two: Get a good bullshit detector and learn how to use it. Three: Be really tender.” — Laurie Anderson

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POETS ON THE PRAIRIE

The lone range may be lonesome but cowboy poets make it rhyme.

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THE TYCOONS VS. THE NEWSBOYS

Hearst and Pulitzer refused to play fair, so the Newsies walked off the job. And won America’s hearts. (As seen in “The Newsies.”)

WHO BUILT AMERICA?

THE MYTH OF THE MILL GIRLS

SIX FINE FILMS ABOUT AMERICAN LABOR

ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT BY ME