Writing Work Writers on WorkingClass Writing - Working Lives Series Author:Bruce Springsteen, Will Percy, Scott Russell Sanders, Jean Trounstine, Curt Johnson, Bob Fox, Karen Kovacik, Joe Mackall, Edwina Pendarvis, Wayne Rapp, Helen Ruggieri, Heidi, et. al. Shayla Essays. "This book is about perspectives, in many ways challenging stereotypical views of working-class culture and art with the authentic accounts of those who live and work there... The conflict between what is said and what we know, what we hear about our culture and what we experience creates a tension that many seek to remedy through expres... more »sion. We found the prime motivator of most working-class writing is the drive to bridge the perceptual gap with the truth" (from the Introduction).« less