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Working Class Literature

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  • Podcast taking a look at working class and radical literature, fiction and culture. Sister pod to Working Class History.
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  • E6: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 2

    E6: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 2
    Dec 13 2022
    Concluding part of our double-episode in conversation with author, DD Johnston, about his new novel, Disnaeland.

    In this part, Darren discusses the novel’s relationship to the Scots language, the apocalyptic prophecies of radical, pre-Enlightenment Christianity, and his focus on mutual aid as a response to disaster. Darren also performs two further readings from the novel.

    Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/

    Get books mentioned in this episode

    Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617

    Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533

    Acknowledgements
    Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/
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    33 mins
  • E5: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 1

    E5: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 1
    Dec 6 2022
    The first of a two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his participation in McDonald's Workers' Resistance, a radical collective of angry employees at the world's biggest fast food chain.

    Darren also reads passages from Disnaeland and his first novel, Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs.

    Full information, sources, further reading, acknowledgements and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-5-6-dd-johnstons-proletarian-apocalypse/

    Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/

    Get books mentioned in this episode

    Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781849350617

    Disnaeland: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/disnaeland/9781909954533
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    48 mins
  • E4 Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 2

    E4 Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 2
    Mar 30 2022
    Part 2 of our double-episode in which we talk to acclaimed author, poet and Professor of Children’s Literature, Michael Rosen, about his anthology, Workers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain, which gathers together short stories from the labour and socialist press between 1880 and 1920.
    In this episode, Michael shows how popular children’s stories (like Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland) are shot through with the political content of their adult authors. He also reads a story from his anthology by William Morris and explains how all culture, including children’s writing, contains within it elements of social contest.
    You can buy a copy of Michael's anthology here.
    More info on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/blog/wcl-e3-4-michael-rosens-socialist-fairy-tales/
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    30 mins
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