Women of Troy
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett
In Women of Troy, poet Susan Somers-Willett and photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally look at the lives of young, working-class women in Troy, New York, a industrial powerhouse in the nineteenth century but now a town where few opportunities exist—and those typically in the form of low-paying service jobs. Kenneally introduces the collection in “Upstate Girls,” and Somers-Willett provides an introduction of her own in “The City Ablaze.”
Poems
- A Call to Arms
- In the Office of Temporary Assistance
- Just a Girl
- The Cutting Place
- Advice for the Penny Bride in Times of Economic Crisis
- Women of Troy
In Verse is supported by Public Radio Makers Quest 2.0, an initiative of AIR, the Association of Independents in Radio. This project is made possible with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by a broadcast partnership with Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen.
