blue-collar

Bud Smith Is the Blue-Collar Voice of American Fiction

Smith amassed a cult following for stories he writes on construction-job lunch breaks. If you haven't heard of him, you will soon

Real People Money Diaries: Making Ends Meet as a Seasonal Delivery Driver

The holiday work hours are long and the money is good! Until January 1st.

Why Don’t We Consider Labor-Intensive, Blue-Collar Businesses to Be Start-Ups?

Just a brief glance at r/SweatyStartup shows that cleaning pools and delivering firewood can be an entrepreneur’s path to wealth

Why We Fetishize Working-Class Hands

The calluses may be arresting, but it’s the stories we imagine behind them that really get us going