JERSEY CITY / NYC — Bud Smith is the author of Teenager, out now from Vintage. He is also the author of Double Bird (2018), Work (2017), Calm Face (2016), F250 (2014), and Tollbooth (2013), among other books. He is also a good friend. This convo is from 9 May 2022, 2 nights ago, the night before his novel Teenager dropped. Bless.TEENAGER: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679124/teenager-by-bud-smith/1 min - pod start5 min - “the New Jersey devil”9 min - Don Quixote / picaresque 24 min - should novels be educational 28 min - “reading as prayer/meditation”30 min - on working on Teenager w Gian57 min - on how Teenager ended up where it did1 hr 1 min - on Bud’s day job 1hr 15 min - on Salinger1 hr 33 min - on Gordon Lish / carver / ford Sean Thor Conroe is the author of Fuccboi: A Novel: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/sean-thor-conroe/fuccboi/9780316394819/