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• catalog abstract "In a narrative of unsparing detail leavened by compassion and even hope, Earl Shorris takes us inside the lives of the poor - in Oakland, rural Tennessee, El Paso, the South Bronx, and many points in between - so that we understand who they are and see through their eyes the "surround of force" that is their horizon, that prevents them from achieving a full and true citizenship. So rich is this book in the words and thoughts of the poor themselves that they are in a sense its authors. Like any good story, this one has a beginning, a middle, and an end. We begin by listening to what the poor have to say about their lives. Once we know who they are and how much like us they are, we are ready to understand the world they live in, and why they are poor. Finally, and most surprisingly, we are asked to consider a revolutionary idea that has been taking quiet shape before our eyes all through the narrative: if the poor are human, and if the cultivation of their humanity benefits both society and the poor themselves, then why not teach them the humanities as the basic tools of citizenship? In order to test his theory, Shorris started a school on the Lower East Side of New York City. He used donated books and borrowed space, and he enlisted friends to help him teach logic, poetry, art, and moral philosophy to a group of young people whose collective background included prison, hard drugs, and homelessness. This experiment, which forms the triumphant climax of New American Blues, yielded extraordinary results: a majority of the students are now enrolled in four-year colleges, and it is no exaggeration to say that their lives have been transformed. One of the students, describing a difficult decision in his personal life, said: "I asked myself, 'What would Socrates do?'" Imagine a solution to poverty far less costly than welfare or prison, one that encourages a reconnection to public life. Imagine an argument so powerful that it prevails against the cruel lies of The Bell Curve and the savage inequities of recent welfare reform. Imagine a book so movingly written as to inspire everyone who reads it with a sense of hope and possibility about the future of this country. New American Blues is all of these things.".
• catalog contributor b10397960.
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description "Finally, and most surprisingly, we are asked to consider a revolutionary idea that has been taking quiet shape before our eyes all through the narrative: if the poor are human, and if the cultivation of their humanity benefits both society and the poor themselves, then why not teach them the humanities as the basic tools of citizenship? In order to test his theory, Shorris started a school on the Lower East Side of New York City. He used donated books and borrowed space, and he enlisted friends to help him teach logic, poetry, art, and moral philosophy to a group of young people whose collective background included prison, hard drugs, and homelessness. This experiment, which forms the triumphant climax of New American Blues, yielded extraordinary results: a majority of the students are now enrolled in four-year colleges, and it is no exaggeration to say that their lives have been transformed. ".
• catalog description "In a narrative of unsparing detail leavened by compassion and even hope, Earl Shorris takes us inside the lives of the poor - in Oakland, rural Tennessee, El Paso, the South Bronx, and many points in between - so that we understand who they are and see through their eyes the "surround of force" that is their horizon, that prevents them from achieving a full and true citizenship. So rich is this book in the words and thoughts of the poor themselves that they are in a sense its authors. Like any good story, this one has a beginning, a middle, and an end. We begin by listening to what the poor have to say about their lives. Once we know who they are and how much like us they are, we are ready to understand the world they live in, and why they are poor. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "One of the students, describing a difficult decision in his personal life, said: "I asked myself, 'What would Socrates do?'" Imagine a solution to poverty far less costly than welfare or prison, one that encourages a reconnection to public life. Imagine an argument so powerful that it prevails against the cruel lies of The Bell Curve and the savage inequities of recent welfare reform. Imagine a book so movingly written as to inspire everyone who reads it with a sense of hope and possibility about the future of this country. New American Blues is all of these things.".
• catalog description "Part one. Private life. Happy pride day to you! Observations and adumbrations -- A game of poverty: definitions -- Born for each other -- Geographies great and small -- The golden age of poverty -- The surround of force -- The mirror of force -- The theater of force -- Contexts -- The best and the brightest redux -- The fallacy of work -- Citizenship by exclusion -- The loneliness of the apolitical world -- Across cultures -- Part two. Public life. Political inventions -- A prison epiphany -- Radical humanism -- The Clemente experiment -- Conclusion: Good-bye blues -- Appendix A. Three lists: statistics, interpretations, education -- Appendix B. Multigenerational poverty and slavery -- Appendix C. Evaluation of the Clemente course by Jaime E. Inclán, Ph.D.".
• catalog extent "xi, 432 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0393045544".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "362.5/0973 21".
• catalog subject "HV4045 .S46 1997".
• catalog subject "Poor United States.".
• catalog subject "Poverty United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part one. Private life. Happy pride day to you! Observations and adumbrations -- A game of poverty: definitions -- Born for each other -- Geographies great and small -- The golden age of poverty -- The surround of force -- The mirror of force -- The theater of force -- Contexts -- The best and the brightest redux -- The fallacy of work -- Citizenship by exclusion -- The loneliness of the apolitical world -- Across cultures -- Part two. Public life. Political inventions -- A prison epiphany -- Radical humanism -- The Clemente experiment -- Conclusion: Good-bye blues -- Appendix A. Three lists: statistics, interpretations, education -- Appendix B. Multigenerational poverty and slavery -- Appendix C. Evaluation of the Clemente course by Jaime E. Inclán, Ph.D.".
• catalog title "New American blues : a journey through poverty to democracy / Earl Shorris.".
• catalog type "text".