I’ll Get Right On It

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ACS4

Publication Year:
2025

ISBN-13: 9781773637983

<p>The deepening climate crisis is making all kinds of work harder, more dangerous and more unpredictable &mdash; or if it hasn&rsquo;t yet, it will soon enough. And all kinds of workers have something to say about it.&nbsp;<em>I&rsquo;ll Get Right On It</em>&nbsp;is a poetry anthology about making a living and carrying on despite smoky air, fires, climate grief, species loss and increased precarity. Contributors include Indigenous, migrant, racialized, low-income, queer, disabled and unpaid labourers who do all kinds of work, including climate-related work, extractive work, migrant work, gig work, care and service work and traditional work.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This anthology&nbsp;builds on the rich traditions of working-class literature, work poetry and social poetics. These poems are both a way to pay attention to the politics of everyday life and a workshop for building solidarity among working people already surviving and adapting to a climate emergency. They surface the commonplace, powerful feelings of cynicism, helplessness, empathy, responsibility, resilience and hope that are needed in the struggle for a liveable future. Connecting the dots between labour and environment, this anthology invites us to think and feel through the many ways climate change transforms our working lives.</p>