Meg Howrey

Jan 9, 2024 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Louise Erdrich |Meg Howrey

When someone claims that a book will break my heart, I’m skeptical. Literature can certainly inspire outsize reactions, but there is a difference between evoking real emotion and exploiting readers’ feelings: Getting a rise out of the audience by resorting to melodramatic plot twists isn’t hard. Representing life on the page so faithfully that the reader forms a genuine attachment to the characters and can’t help but weep takes more skill.

Dec 23, 2023 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Meg Howrey

James is teaching, “not demonstrating technical perfection; he is middle-aged and wearing sneakers. He’s demonstrating intention.” Under James’ instruction, Alex, newly professional and insecure, realizes for the first time how “he might make something…with his body which is not perfect, and his mind, which is a total shitshow.”The scene is narrated by the novel’s main character, Carlisle, but she’s not in the class. Rather, James has told her about it.

Jun 19, 2023 | hebban.nl | Meg Howrey

Elegante en diep ontroerende roman over kunst, leven en liefde1983: Carlisle Martin brengt zoals ieder jaar slechts een paar dierbare weken door bij haar vader en zijn partner James op Bank Street in New York. James, briljant maar labiel, leert Carlisle alles wat hij belangrijk vindt over het leven, literatuur, muziek, en vooral: dans. Carlisle wil niets liever dan deel uitmaken van deze wereld, en ze kiest voor een professionele balletcarrière.

Jun 9, 2023 | crfashionbook.com | Alice Walker |T.J. Klune |Meg Howrey

Though rainbow T-shirts may be a fun part of June, one of the most important aspects of Pride Month is experiencing, supporting, and learning about LGBTQ+ stories. A year after the Stonewall riots of 1969, Pride Month began as a peaceful march with no dress restrictions in which all individuals could express and embrace their sexualities freely.