That's You & The working-class philosophy of Tom Leonard

The creative component is a collection of poems that navigate contemporary working-class experience. Written in Glaswegian dialect, the poems chart the life of a male speaker through a complicated childhood into new perspectives, drawing attention to the complexities of class and masculinity.

The poems also examine the relationship between class and the environment and consider Scottish identity at a moment of political and cultural change. In so doing, they engage with an international approach to literary form and tradition and seek to understand how working-class representation can be understood in these terms. The critical component explores the poetry of Tom Leonard, suggesting that his representation of working-class identity can be illuminated with attention to his application of existentialist humanism.