February 14, 2007
It's safe to say not many of us have ever heard of writer Joseph Kalar. He was a contemporary of the Midwestern radical writer Meridel LeSueur. Like LeSueur, he wrote passionately about the lives of working people. A book of his poetry has just appeared -- more than 30 years after his death.
Joseph Kalar lived and worked on the Iron Range during the Great Depression. In spare moments between his 10-hour shifts in a papermill, he wrote poems about the experience. Now, 30 years after his death, his work is being published in a new collection. (Image courtesy of Kalar family)
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