I'm honored to follow Jim Daniels in the position he inaugurated as poetry editor of Labor. I've long admired Jim as a poet in the fullest sense of that word, as learned from my first craft teacher, Denise Levertov. I appreciate that Labor's editors place the Common Verse at the front of each issue. For me this recognizes the particular calling of the arts to invite us into history, to open scars as well as visions, and to coax us into removing our blinders. As a longtime trade unionist, I feel the heightened perils and opportunities of this moment for the labor movement, the country, and the world. Looking forward.
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