Maximillian Alvarez is the Editor in Chief, The Real News Network and host of the popular podcast Working People. He began contributing to The Baffler in 2016 and is currently the author of a regular column, “The Poverty of Theory.” His writing has been featured in a wide range of publications, including the Times Higher Education, the Los Angeles Review of Books, ROAR magazine, and Electric Literature.

The Work of Living Working People Talk About Their Lives and the Year the World Broke Maximillian Alvarez Filled with stories of struggle and strength, fear and loss, love and rage, The Work of Living is a deeply human history of one of the defining events of the 21st century told by the people who lived it. More