<p> This vital and compelling collection of stories about work, compiled by novelist and short-story writer Richard Ford, explores tales of how we Americans are employed; how we find work and leave it; how it excites, ennobles, occasionally debilitates, but often defines us. </p> <p> Contributing writers for <i>Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar</i> range from contemporary Pulitzer Prize winners Edward P. Jones and Jhumpa Lahiri to iconic short-story masters Tobias Wolff, Annie Proulx, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as emerging writers such as Lewis Robinson. Encompassing a wide range of contemporary literary styles, ages, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical locations, <i>Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar</i> is a masterful, exhilarating, and timely fictional exploration of work and its relationship to the human spirit. </p> <p> <small>All author proceeds from <i>Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work</i> will go directly to fund the free youth writing, tutoring, and publishing programs offered by 826michigan.</small> </p>