Tragic Fire Sparks Julia Wolfe's Latest Look At American Labor History
On her new album, Fire in My Mouth, the Pulitzer-winning composer documents the tragedy behind New York City's 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
by Tom Huizenga
Aug 26, 2019
2 minutes
Julia Wolfe might be called America's "labor documentarian," but she's not making movies. She's composing music.
Wolfe won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for , about Pennsylvania coal miners. Before that, she wrote a piece . Now, her latest look at American labor history, , is being released.
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