Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry a foundering raft

a foundering raft

passionate ideals

and a testament to the power of the human spirit

Fifteen years on

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry a foundering raftWorking class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narratives rich in barbed humour, reflecting the depth and texture of working class life, the joy and sorrow, the solidarity and the differences, the everyday wisdom and poetry of the woman at the bus stop, the waiter, the hairdresser. Here, Kit de Waal brings