Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …

and a “modern classic … rich and essential” ( Los Angeles Times Book Review )

and a testament to the power of the human spirit

Fifteen years on

In that frozen moment

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …Working 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