The Working Classic by by Aaron Kent Joseph Coelho seems like the obvious pick

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

Rishi Dastidar

Somerset Maugham Award

 every poem nudges us toward moments of awe

The Working Classic by by Aaron Kent Joseph Coelho seems like the obvious pickThe 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