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Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories by Jewish/American writer Anzia Yezierska first published in 1920. The short stories deal with the European Jewish immigrant experience from the perspective of fictional female Jews, each story depicting a different aspect of their trials and tribulations in poverty in New York City at the turn of the 20th century.
Hidden in America is a 1996 American television film about poverty in the United States. The film is directed by Martin Bell and stars Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Alice Krige, Jeff Bridges, Frances McDormand, and Jena Malone. Beau Bridges plays Bill Januson, a father struggling to support his family and whose pride and optimism prevent him ...
American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71) Christa Romanosky "In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2) George Saunders "Love Letter" The New Yorker (April 6, 2020) Shanteka Sigers "A Way with Bea" The Paris Review (No. 234) Stephanie Soileau "Haguillory" Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol.24, No. 2) Madhuri Vijay "You ...
The Working Poor: Invisible in America is a 2004 book written by Pulitzer Prize-winner David K. Shipler. From personal interviews and research, Shipler presents in this book anecdotes and life stories of individuals considered the working poor. [ 1 ]
The Best American Short Stories 1988, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Shannon Ravenel and by guest editor Mark Helprin. [1] In announcing the publication of this annual edition, Publishers Weekly noted that it is an "at times inspired anthology which draws from small and big-gun literary magazines in equal measures [and] is heralded by a sonorous, sagacious ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The nature of poverty in rich countries has changed. The sort of material deprivation common in developing nations is effectively a thing of the past. But millions of ...
The story closes when the two men are invited to visit the estate of Paul and his spouse Muni. Paul is a prosperous and self-complacent businessman who relishes his expensive new automobile. Muni tends to her flower garden. Their magnificent farmhouse overlooks the town and harbor where poverty and hunger signal the unfolding social disaster.
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.