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"Witness Welfare: The Voices, The Lived Experiences,"
Social Action Writing Readings HCOM 432, Spring 1998
Books on Library Reserve
Welfare Reform Books:
CalWorks, Assembly Bill 1542, California welfare reform bill,
in its entirety
Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein, Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low- Wage Work, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997
Jill Duerr Berrick, Faces of Poverty: Portraits of Women and Children on Welfare, New York: Oxford University Press, 1995
Jill Quadagno, The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994
Social Action Art Books, Articles:
Jonathan Cott, "Poetry in Motion: An Interview with Carolyn
Forche," Rolling Stone Magazine, Spring 1993
Kira Corser and Frances Payne Adler, When The Bough Breaks: Pregnancy and the Legacy of Addiction, Portland: NewSage Press, 1993
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya, Patricia Mousetail Russell, Richard Ray Whitman, "The Artist As Maker: Native Makers Alliance," in Re-Imaging America: The Arts of Social Change, eds. Mark O'Brien and Craig Little, Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1990
Bernice Johnson Reagon, "Nurturing Resistance," Foreword, Re-Imaging America: The Arts of Social Change, eds. Mark O'Brien and Craig Little, Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1990
Sarah Pollack, "Robert Hass, Poet Laureate," Mother Jones Magazine, San Francisco, CA., March/April 1997
Creative Writing Books:
Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide To Understanding
and Writing Poetry, San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1994
Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, NY: Pantheon, 1994
Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction: A Guide To Narrative Craft, New York: Harper Collins, 1996
Lee Gutkind, Creative Non-Fiction: How To Live It and Write It, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1996
Lee Gutkind, "The 5 R's of Creative Non-Fiction," in Creative Non-Fiction: The Essayist At Work, Pittsburgh: Creative Non-Fiction Fdn, 1997
Surviving Crisis: Twenty Prominent Authors Write About Events That Shaped Their Lives, ed. Lee Gutkind, NewYork: Putnam Penguin, 1997
Background Information, CA. Welfare Reform:
"Key Features of Welfare Reform Bill," handout from
Carol Lasquade, EOP and CARE Programs, Monterey Peninsula College
"Welfare At A Glance," from HomeBase, a public policy law firm, Sept. 26, 1997
"Welfare Refom and Child Care in California," from Child Care Law Center and California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Sept. 11, 1997
"CalWorks Advisory, No. 2," California Community Colleges, Oct. 28, 1997
Marie Glavins, "Welfare Reform: A Power Point Presentation," Monterey County Dept. of Social Services, Monterey, CA., Fall 1997
Cheryl Fong, "Synopsis CalWorks Act, Bill 1542," California Community Colleges, Sacramento, CA., Oct. 1997
Welfare Reform Web Sites:
welfare.reform@sen.ca.gov.
Media on Welfare Reform:
Frances Fox Pivens, "Poorhouse Politics: Welfare Reform,"
in Progressive, Madison, WI., Feb. 1995
Frances Payne Adler, "Wisconsin Works,"Capital Times, Madison, WI., Nov. 1, 1995
Geraldine Ferraro, "Human Rights for Women," New York Times, June 10, 1993
William Julius Wilson, "When Work Disappears," N. Y. Times Mag. Aug. 18, 1996
Francis Clines, "Clinton Signs Bill Cutting Welfare; States in New Role,"New York Times, Aug. 23, 1996
Molly Ivins, "Welfare Farewell," Progressive, Madison, WI.,Sept. 1996
Ruth Conniff, "Girding for Disaster, Progressive, Madison, WI., March 1997
Jason DeParle, "Learning Poverty Firsthand, New York Times Mag. Apri 27, 1997
Kristi Belcamino, "Seeking Welfare Solution," Monterey Herald, July 27, 1997
"95,000 Kids Lose SSI," fr Families USA, www.handsnet.org/handsnet, Aug. 20, 1997
Richard Pitnick, "Tammy's Story," Coast Weekly, Monterey, CA. May 1-7, 1997
Susan Jacoby, "The Permanently Poor," book reviews of Making Ends Meet and Myth of the Welfare Queen, New York Times, May 4, 1997
Ruth Coniff, "Welfare Profiteers, "Progressive, Madison, WI, May 1997
"Ending Welfare: Were We Wrong? "The Progressive, Madison, WI., Oct. 1997
"Welfare As They Know It," testimonies from Capers vs. Giuliani, New York Legal Assistance Group, Welfare Law Center, National Employment Law Project, in Harper's Magazine, Nov. 1997
Jason DeParle, "Welfare To Work: A Sequel," New York Times Mag. Dec. 28, 1997
June Jordan, "A Gathering Purpose,"Progressive, Madison, WI, Jan. 1998
Joe Sexton, "Amid Anxiety, Some Glimpses of Hope," New York Times, Jan. 4, 1998
Todd Purdum, "Budget Surplus Burns Hole in California's State Pockets," New York Times, Jan. 10, 1998
Jason DeParle, "Welfare, End of," from Interactive Encyclopedia, in the year 2015
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