Spectator books: Common People, an anthology of working-class memoirs

<div>In this week’s books podcast Kit de Waal is here to talk about her new anthology of working-class memoir, <em>Common People</em>. First a guest on this podcast a couple of years ago talking about her Desmond-Elliott-shortlisted debut <em>My Name Is Leon</em>, Kit explains why she thought an anthology of working-class writing was necessary, about if and how the pendulum has swung since previous booms in working-class writing, what still needs to change in publishing, and how, as an editor, she avoided falling victim to Four Yorkshiremen Of The Apocalypse Syndrome.<br><br>Spectator Books is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. </div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>