A Life of Work

A Life of Work is a limited-run (four-issue) zine based on David LaBounty's master thesis in creative writing. It's a collection of creative nonfiction essays about the myriad of jobs he's had since the sixth grade.

Issue 1 is 32 pages and includes a preface adapted from the original thesis and the following essays:

Self-Employed Sixth Grader
The Shortest Yard
The Working Hours
"Read All About It!"

 

Issue 2 is 24 pages and includes an intro and the following essays:

More For Your Life
A Man of Respect
Worst Western - Part 1
Worst Western - Part 2

 

Issue 3 is 42 pages and includes a preface adapted from the original thesis and the following essays:

"Brave in the Attempt"
Student Driver
Poetry Man
Zen and the Art of Temping
Moving Mountains
Time off for Good Behavior

 

Issue 4 is 42 pages and includes an intro and the following essays:

Jobs Not Taken
Blindly Submitting
Three Suits to the Wind
How to Decorate a Cubicle
Tight-Lipped
"Layoffs?!"
To Be Determined . . .

 

 

TVU Zines
A Life of Work: Issue 1

PRINT: $5


PDF: $3

A Life of Work: Issue 2

PRINT: $5


PDF: $3

A Life of Work: Issue 3

PRINT: $5


PDF: $3

A Life of Work: Issue 4

PRINT: $5


PDF: $3

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