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Bud Smith Jimmy Cajoleas Janie Heath Izzy Casey Bud Smith is the author of the novels Mighty (Knopf), Teenager (Vintage), among others. His memoir Work will be released this summer from Perfect Day. He works construction in the boilermakers union and lives in Jersey City. Jimmy Cajoleas is from Jackson, Mississippi. He has published five novels and is an associate editor for Southwest Review. He lives in New York. Janie Heath has lived most of her life in the East Village. She was born on the banks of the Brazos River and she writes fiction.