Filthy Labors Poems by Lauren Marie Schmidt Paperback, 104 Pages, Published 2017 by Curbstone Books 2 ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-3469-0, ISBN: 0-8101-3469-1
"In Filthy Labors, Lauren Marie Schmidt draws on personal observations from her position as a poetry teacher at a shelter for homeless mothers, as well as her own roles as daughter and sister through times of family turmoil. She condemns the indignities suffered by the poor and the powerless and praises the work of those who do the caretaking. Here is poetry in the great tradition of social justice literature going back to Walt Whitman. ..."