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Leah Ryan's work has appeared in the anthologies Through
The Kitchen Window, More Monologues By and For Women, and Best of Temp Slave,
as well as in several small magazines. Her plays have been performed in theaters
across the United States. She passed away on June 12, 2008 from Leukemia. She was 44.
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"Whether those who reveal their experiences in this candid and insightful collection find their jobs unbearable or gratifying, Ryan seems to hope that readers will glean wisdom from -- and feel empathy for -- these voices from behind the scenes."
--Publisher's Weekly
For Here or To Go
Life in the Service Industry
edited by Leah Ryan
isbn: 1891053442
design by IDK & Karen Ocker
195 pages
softcover
cartoons, photography, artwork
nonfiction/fiction/labor
Purchase from Amazon.com
Leah Ryan presents a brilliant selection of interviews, cartoons, photos and stories for and by service workers. From the diary of a dishwasher to the grind of an exotic dancer, For Here or To Go details the human struggle behind America's transformation into a service economy.
"For Here Or To Go simultaneously celebrates the pride that you can get from 'working for a living' while also bringing forth the hard reality that these jobs can suck the life right out of you in a matter of weeks, if not days."
--Rock Star Journalist
"Ryan's For Here or To Go is an enjoyable read with some really good storytelling that had me sympathizing with the lows of the characters and chuckling at the more absurd moments that we've all experienced or witnessed."
-Maximum Rock'n'Roll
"If you're currently working a crappy job, [For Here or To Go will] cheer you up to know that somebody, somewhere, has it just as bad as you, and if you're not currently working a crappy job, it'll make you very thankful for that."
--Razorcake Magazine
"Devilishly delightful -- sink your teeth into this book and you might never take it to go again."
--Alec Michod, author of The White City
"Luminous storytelling from the world of the under-employed."
--Abram Shalom Himelstein, author of Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing
"Through an intriguing combination of interviews, short stories, diary entries, and essays, Leah Ryan's For Here or To Go makes visible the invisible worls of the service industry. From strippers to coffee jockeys, cab drivers to bartenders, Ryan's book -- equal parts entertaining and disheartening -- helps us to understand the disparate humanity that lurks behind the sweat, tears and grease of the shit job."
--Daniel Sinker, Punk Planet
Further Reading:
Waiter Rant, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America , Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Garrett County Press is the distinguished, award-winning publisher of Common Folk Illustrated Journal, Letters From New Orleans, Best of Temp Slave, For Here or To Go, Living Lost, Ivan Petrov, From Campus to Combat, Guinea Pig Zero, Little Tenement on the Volga, Even A Daughter Is Better Than Nothing, A Terrible Thunder: The Story of the New Orleans Sniper, Welcome to the Bethlehem Star Hotel, Voice of Leningrad and What the Hell Am I Doing Here?
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