working class writers have long been ignored in celebrations and examinations of poetry over time. Significantly absent in all literary canons, working class writers have been producing poetry that is considered beyond the pale. Working class writers face obstacles such as education, long working hours, lack of support to produce or publish their work. "Their work adresses themes which include work, unemployment, poverty, violence, community and family. These themes have been seen as jarring a middle-class sensibility, which is prone to rejecting such realistic accounts of working life as inappropriate concerns of poetry.(Attfield,2007)
As there is limited spaces where working class literature can be published, met with acceptance and appreciation, we have decided to create such a space. This blog is a collection of various working class literature and art forms, in order to give a voice to "the cultural traditions of working life and to explore how these traditions shape the forms and characteristics of literary expressions. (Lauter, 2005)
Attfield, S. ,2009, ‘The Poetics of Class’ from Working class Voices: The Working Class Experience in Contemporary Australian Poetry, VDM: Saarbruken, 40-62
Lauter, P, 2005, ‘UnderConstruction: Working Class Writing’ in Sherry Linkon and John Russo (eds) New Working Class Studies, Ithica: Cornell University Press, 63-77
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