Abstract Contents: The seams that stood all the changes: keeping it together in academia / D. Kendig -- You ain’t never gonna be better than me / C. Rothe -- The uses of denial, or the psychology of class / G. Gorselesky -- Living and learning in the balance / From white trash to white collar / S. Robideaux -- Another cup / L. Johnson Black -- "A circle" or, strangely, a life in school / P. Capel Swartz -- The ever present past / N. Atkinson -- Red necks, blue collars and schooling / T.M. Welford --...