365 Jobs: December 2013

The photo is from 1978. My son, his truck. Behind him, my truck.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

I'm giving away 9 copies of 99 Jobs

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99 Jobs by Joe Cottonwood

99 Jobs

by Joe Cottonwood

Giveaway ends December 26, 2013.

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99 Jobs: the book

Life, love, and construction. A memoir.

I've taken the best 99 entries on this blog, combined, rewritten, improved, shaken and stirred.

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About Me

Joe Cottonwood: La Honda, California, United States; I've made my wages in construction work, made my peace in poetry.

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Notes from the building trades, in search of the humane...

I've kept a handwritten journal since 1972. These 365 jobs are rewritten from those journal entries plus a few that come straight from memory.

I try to write about the people who inspire — and the ones who rip you off. The physical labor. The pride in a job well done. The agony of fucking up. The love you express through your hands. The lessons like splinters that prick your ego. The way of life that wears down your body as it nourishes your soul.

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Clear Heart Blog contains updates on the status of my various books and podcasts, news about Lit Night and other events, posts about construction topics as well as whatever flakes of sawdust fall out of my brain.

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