WORK by Bud Smith
WORK by Bud Smith
We are thrilled & honored to be bringing this cult classic back into print. With more than 60 pages of new material, this book has been lovingly refurbished, restructured, and reimagined.
***Pre-order your copy today! All pre-orders will ship in late July.***
Bud Smith works heavy construction. He also writes. WORK is the story of his hilarious blue-collar family. It's about growing up in a campground in New Jersey, skipping college, and moving to NYC on a drunken whim. It's about jobs, and more jobs, and then some more jobs. It's about making art even if that means writing a novel during one thousand consecutive lunch breaks.
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN: 978-1-960200-03-7
Publication date: July 28, 2026
Dimensions: 5 x 0.72 x 7.75 inches
Author photo: Rae Buleri
Cover design: Aaron Robert Miller
“A beautiful celebration of the working class life. Glorious. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Martha Grover, author of The End of My Career
“Bud Smith is one of the only writers I don’t mind hanging out with in real life. I’ve seen him drunk and I’ve seen him sober. He’s great either way."
—Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book