1. Women, War and the Working Class:  An Interview with Julia Stein: Doug Valentine discuss Julia Stein's new book What Were They Like and then in the interview Julia Stein discusses history of women's poetry,  working class poetry, Central American poetry, Wanda Coleman, Carol Tarlen et al.

2. An Essay on Triangle Fire Poetry -by Janet Zandy- Litery critic Zandy's pioneering essay on Triangle fire poetry from the 1980s and 1990s

3. One Poem in Depth:  Julia Stein's poem "Downtown Women" - excellent indepth analysis of historical background in early 20th century to Stein's much published poem "Downtown Women" about the Chicago men's clothing strike

4.  Out on the Stoop:  Poetry in Plain Sight:  Julia Stein  http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-in-plain-sight-julia-stein.html

5. Emily Hicks in her book Border Writing: The Multidimensional Text writes about Marquez, Cortazar, Luisa Valenquela, and in the last chapter titled "Contemporary Border Writing" Hicks on p. 171 discusses Stein’s  poem of  "Latin American Friend."  



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