Blue Collar Goodbyes

by Sue Doro

Book by Doro, Sue

Genres: Poetry

73 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

Reviews

[Stephanie Launiu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sue Doro writes a poignant memoir of the experiences of blue collar workers and the factories and plants becoming victims to automation, shutdowns and mass elimination of jobs. As a female machinist by trade, Sue knows what she is writing about and brings her coworkers and acquaintances to life so that the reader can understand how real people are affected by closings. This book is made up primarily of Sue's thought-provoking poetry. It should be mandated reading in college classrooms, blue collar lunchrooms, and labor union & corporate offices across America.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are blue collar poems by a blue collar poet. No academic finery here. No arch irony. She has something to say and she says it. I like that.

Sue Doro was a machinist in the Rust Belt running lathes, maintaining railroad wheels and other big items for the Milwaukee Road and Allis Chalmers. She writes about her co-workers and her job from a refreshing point of view - that of a blue collar female.

The poems have rough edges, but that's part of the charm for me.