Mitch Mitchelson and Bud Smith (PPG) from the Hood/drip
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When I read something I legitimately like, from an author, especially an underground writer, I reach out to them and let them know. It isn’t just like, 'Here’s a chance to network so I can gain their favor.' It’s a way to find the most interesting living artists working today and be in communication with them the way I wish I could talk to Tolstoy, because, listen, some underground artists are operating at that level of genius, but the dead are dead and we need to seek out our living geniuses, and at the very least say hello.
Bud Smith, author of Teenager, interviewed by The Creative Independent
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My May & June Reads
If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio - Fun but a bit too long! A young adult/coming-of-age version of The Secret History.
True Biz, Sara Nović - I really enjoyed this YA-adjacent novel, which is told from the perspective of multiple characters at a school for the deaf. The chapters are broken up with mini how-to and history lessons on American Sign Language, so you get to learn while reading a truly gripping story.
Teenager, Bud Smith - This reads like Hemingway and Bukowski decided to co-write a teenage love (?) story. Insane and fun! Great writing. It was a nice break from my usual books.
These Precious Days, Ann Patchett - It's an Ann Patchett essay collection—obviously it gets five stars. Gosh I just love her writing. My favorites: every essay about her dad, the essay about her mom, the essay about her extremely beautiful nature friend, the essay about why Snoopy is her writing mentor, the essay about her not-so-great experience in her MFA program. I read the titular essay and the one about her three dads when they were originally published online; I decided not to reread them but they 're amazing. My most favorite essay was the one about her decision to not have kids. Wowowow.
Things to Look Forward To, Sophie Blackall - I am such a fan of Sophie Blackall's illustrations, I have two of them framed in my bathroom (I recommend hanging art in your bathroom!). This is a nice book to flip through at the end of a long day—it is indeed a list of "things to look forward to" with personal stories woven throughout.
A Place for Us, Fatima Farheen Mirza - Absolutely devastating. I loved it, I cried. Don't read about it in advance, just go read the actual book.
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your version of kai is legit so hot like... maybe I'm not just into women
Dw, I’m here to sway you back again with my buff nya /j
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Oh, do believe there is a response. buckle up kids...
the power of that man
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Please help me settle a debate
My friend jake says Arthur Morgan would choose a Natural Light over a Bud Light
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December 4, 1938. Like most cats, CICERO'S CAT Desdemona dreaded getting wet, although sometimes she ended up soaked despite her best efforts.
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If somebody gives you a really good critique or a really bad critique, all they’re doing is diagnosing something off in the energy of the art. If the critiquer has taste you agree with, maybe you should try to “fix it.” But only you will know the true answer to finish your art, no matter what they prescribe. Every once in a while they happen to say it is a great diagnosis, and miraculously, the medicine to cure the illness too.
Bud Smith, author of Teenager, interviewed by The Creative Independent
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Say hello to my holiday weekend reads.
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I had to draw this as soon as I read the chapter
YESSSSSSSS AAAAAAAA WITH THE QUOTE TOO ADFGHJHGFSCVBHGF BARKBARKBARK
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Birdland Stars of '56 - Masonic Temple - Detroit : Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie and his Orchestra featuring Joe Williams, Al Hibbler, Johnny Smith, Lester Young, Bud Powell
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