T. S. Eliot one of the most moving poems Eliot wrote, and perhaps the "most perfect", though it was not well received by everyone. The poem's groundwork of orthodox Christianity discomfited many of the more secular "literati". In 1939, Eliot published a book of light verse, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" ("Old Possum" was Ezra Pound's nickname for him). This first edition had an illustration of the author on the cover. In 1954, the composer Alan Rawsthorne set six of the poems for speaker and orchestra in a work titled "Practical Cats". After Eliot's death, the book was adapted as the basis
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do when first published in 1974, the book also inspired the Broadway musical of the same title, and a similar book edited thirty years later by a team (mainly John Bowe, Marisa Bowe and Sabin Streeter), "". In May 2009 Harvey Pekar's graphic novel adaptation was released. In July 2009, The Second City ETC opened their 33rd revue, "Studs Terkel's Not Working", honoring the writer in the year following his death. The revue, like Terkel's book, focused on the lives of ordinary people. Singer/songwriter James Taylor wrote a song called "Millworker" which was released on his 1979 album "Flag". On his