
Working in the 21st Century
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From nurses and teachers to wildland firefighters and funeral directors?an intimate, honest, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what it's like to work in America at this historic and volatile moment in time.
Author Mark Larson sits down with more than one hundred workers from across the socioeconomic spectrum as they share their experiences with work and what it has meant in their lives?the good, the bad, the mundane, and the profound. Doulas, firefighters, chefs, hairstylists, executives, actors, stay-at-home parents, and so many more talk about what they do all day and how it aligns (or doesn't) with what they want to be doing with their lives. The pandemic, the ensuing ?Great Resignation,? and the current reckonings with racial justice are among the forces that are now upending and reshaping our longstanding relationships with work. Larson's interviews display how these forces collide in the lives of average Americans as they tell their own stories with passion, heartbreak, and, ultimately, hope.
Working in the 21st Century asks why we show up, or don't, to the jobs we've chosen, and how the upheaval of the past few years has changed how we perceive the work we do. It will be released to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Studs Terkel's 1974 classic Working.
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Mark Larson is the author of Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Mary.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Why I Showed Up Again
- Prologue: At the School of Studs | Sydney Lewis, formerly Studs Terkel's transcriptionist
- Part One: Fundamentals
- Children
- Ida Musoni, a doula
- Dr. Hillary McLaren, an OB-GYN
- Mike Guistolise, a stay-at-home parent
- Ana Carolina (Nina) Sanjuan, a stay-at-home parent
- Abbey Romanek, a judge, domestic relations
- School
- Bradley Tarrance, a principal
- Suzanna Gordon & Harold Avila, high school teachers
- Gabriela Salgado, a student teacher and volunteer
- Eleanor Hamm, a middle school teacher
- Kathryn Harmon, a school media specialist
- Tracey Lynn Nance, a Voices for Honest Education Fellow and equity advocate
- Dr. N'Kia Campbell, a district administrator
- Lawrence Brooks, a school custodian
- Community
- Micah Fialka-Feldman, a university outreach coordinator
- Nonie Joyce, board president, an Arizona food pantry
- Charley Frank, executive director, Cincinnati Reds Community Fund
- Rev. Erik Christensen, a pastor
- Mona Walker, a deputy chief of police
- Jaime Saunders, CEO, United Way of Greater Rochester
- Betty Bogg, president, Connections for the Homeless
- Deborah Reed, an independent bookstore owner
- Health and Safety
- Kevin Blackburn, a police and SWAT officer
- Jack Victor, a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service
- Alex Hilliard, a firefighter
- Meghan Hilliard, an ER nurse
- Mary Carol Racelis, an advanced practice clinical nurse specialist
- Alice Whyte, a COVID contact tracer
- Gen. Jean Franklin, a one-star brigadier general, Air National Guard
- Shiwani Gupta, a manager in Trust and Safety at Google
- Part Two: "This Brave New World"
- "We're in This In-Between Place"
- Matthew Heishman, a pharmacist
- Mollie Herman, an events administrator
- Joel Greeno, a dairy farmer
- Vanessa Sheridan, a trans advocate and corporate trainer
- Andrew Goldstein, an intellectual property and entertainment lawyer
- Ann Bines, a nurse manager, acute in-patient rehabilitative facility
- "The Boss of Me"
- Debbie Lessin, a tax CPA
- Drew McManus, a small business owner
- Steven Bishop, an insurance agency owner
- Micah Cohen, a short-haul truck driver
- Amanda Lee Lazorchack, a broomsquire
- Shahara Byford, a president and founder of a construction company
- Denise Lowell, a furniture boutique owner
- Eric Bogel, a street performer
- "This Is the United States of America"
- Josina Morita, a commissioner of water reclamation
- Daphne Query, an immigration attorney
- Dr. Lawrence Taylor, a foot and ankle surgeon
- Vishavjit Singh, a diversity manager for FDNY
- Jobi Cates, founder and executive director, Restore Justice
- Chesa Boudin, an attorney and former San Francisco district attorney
- Voice
- Julia Friedman, an SEIU organizer
- Dr. A. D. Carson, a professor of hip-hop and performance artist
- Rorri Burton, an American Sign Language interpreter
- Paul Oakley Stovall, an actor and writer
- Andy Borowitz, a political satirist
- Part Three: The Pursuit of Happiness
- "Making A Living": Six Reflections
- Marilyn Halperin, director of education at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- Nick Madden, a former coal miner
- Mark Siwiec, a real estate entrepreneur
- Karen Grace, an independent consultant
- Jerry King, an autoworker
- Justin Rosario, a stay-at-home parent
- "I Made That"
- Melissa James-Geska, a president of a construction company
- Ray Wollek, a carpenter
- Jordan Coley, a welder
- "From Point A to Point B"
- Lyndsey Folger, a flight attendant
- Laura Zurcher, a vice president for a freight forwarder
- Robert Kopystynsky, an interstate UPS truck driver
- Eleanor Delores, an Amazon fulfillment manager
- Broderick Love, an Amazon fulfillment worker
- Food and Service
- Charlie Ayers, an executive chef
- Amy Morton, a restaurateur
- Sarah Webster Norton, founder and CEO, Serving Those Serving
- "I Love This Work
- I Just Love It"
- Katherine O. Nguyen, a toy store owner
- Jerry McDuffie, a car salesperson
- Kabir Abdul, a hairstylist
- Cary Franklin, an actuary
- Klaus Zhang, a tattoo artist
- Double Duty
- Thomas Lynch, a funeral home director and author
- Roderick "Rick" Lett Sr., a furniture re-upholsterer and ordained minister
- Christian Rodriguez, a pizza deliverer and stock trader
- Laura Parker, an adjunct professor at two universities
- Shannon Drew, a caregiver and shopping service provider
- Tim Kellogg, a cattle ranch hand and chocolatier
- The Work of Art
- Margot McMahon, a sculptor
- Barry Blitt, a cartoonist and illustrator
- Kurt Elling, a jazz singer
- Mark Harris, an author
- Dennis Scott, a movie theater organist
- Holly Mulcahy, a concert violinist and founder of Art Capacity
- A Better World for Our Children
- Santiago Sánchez, an assistant principal at an elementary school
- Mimi Martinez, a program assistant at a community college
- Mecole McBride, a police accountability advocate
- Sister Canice Johnson, a Sister of Mercy
- Trung Le, an architect
- Part Four: After Work
- Linda MacLennan, a former television news anchor
- Wendell Dew, a former doorman
- William Greaves, a chemist
- Laurie Zrenda, a former cannabis dispensary owner
- Susan Harris, a former producer and writer
- Epilogue: Rest
- Sayda Ragheb, an assisted living nurse
- Rosemary Olairez, a hospice worker
- Marysue Reardon, a funeral home director
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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