BUD SMITH works heavy construction and lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is the author of Teenager (Vintage, 2022), Double Bird (Maudlin House, 2018), and Dust Bunny City (Disorder Press, 2017), among other books. His fiction has been published in The Paris Review, Joyland, and The Nervous Breakdown. He is also a creative writing teacher and editor.
In our weekend reading: an interview with Ashleigh Bryant Phillip, thoughts on the work of Carlos Busqued, and more.
In our afternoon reading: new writing by Bud Smith, an interview with Hari Kunzru, and more.
In our morning reading: new writing by Karolina Waclawiak, thoughts on Adrian Tomine’s new book, and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Garth Greenwell, Simon Reynolds on ambient music, and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Deborah Levy and Matana Roberts, new writing by Natalie Eilbert and Bud Smith, and more.
In our afternoon reading: Kali Fajardo-Anstine looks back on the year in books, essays from Mairead Case and Bud Smith, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Virginie Despentes, new writing from Bud Smith, and more.