Speaking of work : a story of love, suspense and paperclips

14 world-famous writers & creative minds have joined together in this epic collaboration — made possible through Xerox technology. Together they tell the multi-lensed, multi-faceted & ever-surprising story of the modern workplace.The book is the culmination of Xerox’s (NYSE:XRX) Project: SET THE PAGE FREETM, in collaboration with the 92nd Street Y. Fourteen award-winning international writers & creative talents each contributed their views & memories of work & working. The free eBook can be downloaded at www.SetThePageFree.com.92nd Street Y forges deep connections between readers & writers all over the world through their global literacy outreach programs, digital festivals, online seminars & livestream eventsThe contributing authors & creative talents include:Jonathan Ames, author, screenwriter, You Were Never Really Here, Bored to DeathLee Child, author, Jack Reacher thriller seriesBilly Collins, poet, The Rain in Portugal, Aimless LoveJonathan Coulton, singer-songwriter, Solid State, Smoking MonkeySloane Crosley, author, essayist, The Clasp, I Was Told There’d be CakeJoshua Ferris, author, The Dinner Party & Other Stories, Then We Came to the EndJonathan Safran Foer, author, Here I Am, Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseRoxane Gay, author, Hunger, Bad FeministChip Kidd, award-winning graphic designerValeria Luiselli, author, Tell Me How it Ends, The Story of My TeethAlain Mabanckou, author, Black Moses, Broken GlassAimee Mann, singer-songwriter, Mental Illness, Save MeJoyce Carol Oates, author, A Book of American Martyrs, We Were the MulvaneysGary Shteyngart, author, Little Failure: A Memoir, Super Sad: True Love Story°°° Bernard Schwartz was Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa, & is the author of forty books on the law & the history of the Supreme Court. Lee Child's street corner. Gary Shteyngart's bed. Joyce Carol Oates's classroom. Roxane Gay's dream house. Billy Collins's New York City. Aimee Mann and Jonathan Coulton's kitchen. Valeria Luiselli's writing desk. Sloane Crosley's conference call. Alain Mabanckou's Department of Human Resources. Jonathan Ames's shrink's office. Jonathan Safran Foer's Genius Bar. Joshua Ferris's America. What do these places have in common? More than might initially meet the eye. They & apos;re the spaces - real or imagined - where thirteen remarkably talented and original voices do their work. These writers, poets, and singer-songwriters come together to give us a guided tour through the places that inspire them. There's mystery here. Dark confessions. Office crushes. Tales of deals made, careers built and broken, and the love and dread and hope of being at work. Everyone works someplace. This group of authors has created a place that is by turns hilarious, illuminating, shocking, wonderful. It might make you cry. It will certainly make you laugh. And you might never see your own office in the same (fluorescent?) light again. Speaking of Work was commissioned by 92nd Street Y's Unterberg Poetry Center as part of Xerox's Project: SET THE PAGE FREE in support of world literacy