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Bud Smith

@budsmith.bsky.social

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I wrote the novels Teenager (Vintage) and Mighty (forthcoming from Knopf) among others, and work heavy construction in the boilermakers union. coolgoodluck.com

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Here is an essay I wrote for @parisreview.bsky.social about building a desk for a pickup truck t.co/3Pf4Nl1WrN

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Have a new story called “Skyhawks“ in the fall issue of the Paris Review. t.co/LFMR359iCc

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I’ve got a new short story up at Joyland today. This one is called “Shades” t.co/9FXFxW2ApU

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

coworker who just turned 30 said, “Bro, I better start reading books.” So this is what I gave him to get him started on a (hopefully) new lifetime of reading. Also—these books always work for guys just starting out imho

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

(no order) 20 Books that influenced me:

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

last night Rae painted me this bird who made a big mistake

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Here are my books (so far) published in English. Three novels, two collections of short stories, three books of poetry, and a memoir called, Work

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Here’s a reading list, hung on my fridge, I’ve been working through

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I been doing 852

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

On Tuesday, 11/19, in NYC, I’m going to this reading. You should come too. TJ Brynes down there by World Trade, bar tucked under a strange apartment building. I love the novel Last Acts by Alex Sammartino

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

man, these are the doors of perception, man

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I’ve been reading this—starts out as apocryphal gospel of guy who ‘rescued’ Jesus’ corpse off the cross, then some demons want to ‘make’ an Anti-Christ for revenge, so they Rosemary’s Baby a lady and thus Merlin is born, okay

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Bud Smith @budsmith.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I’ve got a new story called “Selfless” in Heavy Traffic. Pick the magazine up here heavytrafficmagazine.com — or I’m happy to send you as PDF of the story if you’d like