Working on the railroad is a funny thing when you're educated. You don't belong, or at least, you don't want to.

James De Monte's new novella, Brotherhood, explores the world of blue-collar railroad repairmen through the eyes of a recent college graduate.

The Author:
An Ohio native, James De Monte teaches English at Lakeland Community College near Cleveland. Previously, he taught at Columbus State Community College, in Sicily and Sardinia, at Central State University, and for the Wick Poetry Center. Additionally, he has worked a number of labor jobs and even interned on Capitol Hill for Dennis Kucinich. He is a graduate of both Mount Union College and the NEOMFA Program at Kent State University. This novella, his first, was longlisted for Shakespeare and Company's Paris Literary Prize.