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Minda Honey
Born1985
Louisville, KY
EducationUniversity of California, Riverside
Known forAuthor of The Heartbreak Years
Websitehttps://www.mindahoney.com/

Minda Honey (born 1985) is an American author and columnist, she is best known for her debut memoir, The Heartbreak Years.

Life

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Honey was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1985, and she holds a Master of Fine Art from the University of California, Riverside.[1][2][3] After her time in California, Honey returned to Louisville, where she currently resides.[3]

Career

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Minda Honey is the founder of the indie magazine Taunt and the editor of Black Joy at Reckon News.[4][5][6] Additionally, her writing has been featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Teen Vogue, The Guardian, the Oxford American, and The Washington Post.[7] Honey has a series of essays on politics and dating on the nonfiction storytelling website, Longreads.[6] Honey's work appears in the anthologies A Measure of Belonging, Burn It Down, Sex & the Single Woman, and Black Told. Minda Honey formerly led the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at Spalding University in Louisville.[3]

Honey's debut novel, The Heartbreak Years was released in 2023 from White Rain Book House.[8]

Works

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  • The Heartbreak Years[9]
  • Anthologies
    • A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South[10]
    • Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger
    • Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Louisville author's debut memoir explores love, loss and self-discovery in her 20s". Louisville Public Media. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ "Minda Honey". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Minda Honey". Reckon. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ "Minda Honey's Articles at Salon.com". www.salon.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  5. ^ "TAUNT Louisville, KY". TAUNT. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ^ a b "Minda Honey". Griot & Grey Owl Conference. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  7. ^ "Kiese Laymon, in conversation with Minda Honey, discusses How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays". Vroman's Bookstore. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ "Minda Honey Reflects on Her 20s in 'The Heartbreak Years'". Shondaland. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  9. ^ "Shameless heartbreaks with Black Joy editor Minda Honey". Reckon. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  10. ^ "A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South | Nonfiction". Hub City Writers Project. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  11. ^ "Minda Honey". APL. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
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