The Book of Jobs

Poems About Work

Erin MurphyEditor

This anthology features poems by factory workers, farmers, healthcare workers, service workers, domestic workers, office workers, tech workers, artists, caregivers, teachers, and workers in dozens of other fields.

Sepia-toned photograph from circa 1920 showing a young man in a suit and dress shoes balancing precariously on a wooden chair that is atop another chair on a small table approximately 20 stories up on the rooftop of a building. In the background are other buildings in a city.

The cover image is in the Public Domain.

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Metadata

  • Citation
    Murphy, Erin, editor. The Book of Jobs: Poems About Work, Penn State Libraries Open Publishing, 2026. https://doi.org/10.59236/tboj
  • original publisher
    ONE ART: a journal of poetry
  • publisher
    Penn State University Libraries
  • publisher place
    University Park, PA
  • rights
    Except where otherwise noted, “The Book of Jobs: Poems About Work” edited by Erin Murphy is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 International License.
  • rights holder
    Erin Murphy
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.59236/tboj