{"product_id":"work-done-right-9780816522668","title":"Work Done Right","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy red pickup choked on burnt oil as I drove down Highway 99. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Abraham Tovar is a young man who works in a sausage factory and desperately longs to create a history of his own. As Abraham's life becomes absorbed into the blood and spice of pork, his thoughts explore his ancestry, roam the stars, and reflect upon the despairs and strengths of factory workers who live with \"the unyielding memory of pig.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI pulled into Galdini Sausage at noon. \u003cbr\u003e The workers walked out of production \u003cbr\u003e and swatted away the flies desperate for pork. \u003cbr\u003e Pork gripped the men and was everywhere, \u003cbr\u003e in the form of blood, in the form of fat, \u003cbr\u003e and in pink meat that stuck to the workers' shoes.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWork Done Right\u003c\/i\u003e is a sequence of narrative poems, told with a lyricist's tenderness and an eye for detail, that address the human condition in unexpected ways. David Dominguez explores Abraham's struggle to maintain personal dignity in harsh circumstances, juxtaposing bleak images of the sausage factory with the hope of finding one's true place in the world. Through his sensuously textured words, he pays tribute to people and place as he takes readers on a mystic journey toward redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Dominguez's work has appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eEl Andar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e and is included in the anthology \u003ci\u003eHow Much Earth: The Fresno Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Fresno and teaches writing and literature at Reedley College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50898990366994,"sku":"9780816522668","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cef9696a-7c62-49fe-867d-0c8499c51ab2.jpg?v=1738346766","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/work-done-right-9780816522668","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}