“Survival Came at a Cost” by Susan Eisenberg

“Just back to construction work after time off following my son’s birth, I can tell I don’t have the same patience. It’s morning break and we’re all sitting down with our coffee and donuts when one guy decides the crew needs some entertainment.”

Enjoy this audio recording of “Survival Came at a Cost (or Guys Like Him Are a Snack)” by Susan Eisenberg from Vol. 35:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!

Susan Eisenberg’s fifth poetry collection is Stanley’s Girl (Cornell). Recipient of Virginia Quarterly Review’s Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry, she’s also a visual artist and among the first women in the US to become a licensed union construction electrician. She is Poetry Editor of the journal Labor (Duke). She lives in Boston, MA.