The Working Classic by by Aaron Kent Joseph Coelho drawing on five previous full-length

drawing on five previous full-length collections and including the late Dennis O’Driscoll’s prose introduction to the poems

Rudolf mentions James Wright

seems like the obvious pick to bring the new Neruda into English

Somerset Maugham Award

The Working Classic by by Aaron Kent Joseph Coelho drawing on five previous full-lengthThe Working Classic is a collection of poetry, interviews, and essays with Aaron Kent. These diverse texts attempt to showcase how a gentrified creative industry routinely ignores working class voices unless that voice is an act of appropriation by a middle or upper class individual. Through a history of struggling with his own accent and upbringing, Kent showcases a working class poetics that aims to present both a reality of experience and a