John Merrick is a writer and editor originally from Crewe, now based in London.
His writing and criticism has appeared in the Baffler, the Guardian, Jacobin, New Left Review, Boston Review, Soft Punk and elsewhere. His work looks at questions of class, culture and history.
His current projects include a collection of the historical essays of Raphael Samuel (forthcoming from Verso, January 2024), a memoir about class in contemporary Britain (part of which was published in Soft Punk in 2021), and a history of communism and commitment told through the stories of those who left the party following the turbulent events of 1956.
Alongside his writing, he is an editor at Verso Books.
johnphilipmerrick[at]gmail.com
