Owen Clayton was recently awarded a Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowship to research the hobo poet, songwriter, and newspaper columnist T-Bone Slim…
CFP: Routledge Literature & Social Class
Gloria McMillan, Ph.D. Univ. of Arizona, is editing a Literature and Social Class companion text for Routledge and seeks contributors who explore literature…
JWCS June 2019 now available
The June 2019 issue of The Journal of Working-Class Studies includes a series of reviewed articles, a creative piece, a student…
Booknotes ~ June 2019
Please take a look at recently published books related to the field of working-class studies. Full descriptions for each are…
New Sixth Edition of The New Urban Sociology
A new Sixth Edition of The New Urban Sociology has been published by Routledge. The widely recognized text…
Update on YSAF
Eric Kennedy, one of last year’s recipients of the Young Scholars & Activists Fellowship, defended his dissertation, Finding Rough America,…
Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship awarded to Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Long-standing WCSA member and Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, is one of thirteen recipients to have received the…
May Day Celebrations
The Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University is presenting a co-hosted event with YSU-OEA, “Joining Hands in…
Call for Participants
Paul Dean, a first-gen college graduate from a blue-collar family and working-class town in western New York State and an…
Applications for Travel Grants & YSAF Deadline
Travel grants and Young Scholar & Activists Fellowships are now available. Applications are due by April 30th. Be sure to…
