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.
WORK is now in stock.
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
About Bud Smith:
Bud Smith is the author of the novels Teenager (Vintage) and Mighty (forthcoming April 2027 from Knopf), among others. He works with the boilermakers union.
Praise for Bud Smith’s WORK:
“A beautiful celebration of the working class life. Glorious. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Martha Grover, author of The End of My Career and One More for the People
“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 Fights! and The Sarah Book