Book
Teacher/pizza guy : poems
Publication Information
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
viii, 81 pages ; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Summary
Teacher/Pizza Guy is a collection of autobiographical poems from the 2016-17 school year in which Jeff Kass worked as a full-time English teacher and a part-time director for a literary arts organization and still had to supplement his income by delivering pizzas a few nights a week. Kass chronicles his experience of treading the delicate balance of holding himself acocuntable to his wife and kids, his students, his customers, and his own mental and physical health while working three jobs in contemporary America. Many of the ideas for these poems were initially scribbled onto the backs of pizza receipts or scratched out during precious free moments amidst the chaos of the school day. Teacher/Pizza Guy is a funny and relatable collection for readers, thinkers, educators, and pizza lovers everywhere.