Archive: Literature

• KI Fellow Amy Goldstein Discusses “Janesville: an American Story”

  One day after the release of her new book, Janesville: an American Story, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and KI Practitioner Fellow Amy Goldstein returned to campus for an intimate discussion with Dr. Sherry Linkon and members of the Georgetown community.

  Categories: Events, Practitioner Fellows Tags: Amy Goldstein, Books, Events, General Motors, Janesville, Literature, New York Times, Practitioner Fellows, Sherry Linkon, White Working Class, Working Class

• WCP: 2016 WCSA Awards: The Best of Working-Class Studies

  On June 9-11 at the How Class Works conference hosted at SUNY Stony Brook, the Working-Class Studies Association will recognize the best new work in the field. In this week's Working-Class Perspecti

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Bottom Dog Press, Christie Launius, Douglas Yarrow, John Russo, Literature, Mike Yarrow, Poetry, Ruth Yarrow, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Studies, Working-Class Studies Association

• WCP: Losing the Narrative of Their Lives

  A recent study finding increased death rates for white, working-class Americans has fueled a national discussion about the impact of economic insecurity. In today's Working-Class Perspectives post,

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Contemporary fiction, Deindustrialization, Fiction, John Russo, Literature, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Culture, Working-Class Perspectives