Honor Levy

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Honor Levy
Born (1997-12-21) December 21, 1997 (age 26)
Alma mater Bennington College
OccupationAuthor

Honor Levy (born December 21, 1997) is an American author. Her first work, My First Book , was published by Penguin Random House on May 14, 2024. [1]

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Early life and education

Levy grew up in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. Her father is a director and her mother is a professional make-up artist. She attended a French-immersion high school and Rock and Roll Camp for Girls in the summer. Afterwards, Levy attended Bennington College, graduating in 2020. She briefly resided in New York City until November 2023, when she moved back to Los Angeles. [2] [3]

Career

Levy began writing when she was 14 years old; her first published piece is available as a monologue posted to YouTube. [2] [4]

Shortly before her graduation in May 2020, Levy's short story "Cancel Me" was published by Tyrant Books, and The New Yorker published her flash fiction "Good Boys" in July of the same year. [5] [6]

Levy has since been associated with Dimes Square, a Manhattan-based "microneighborhood" and subculture noted for its reactionary political leanings and aesthetics. [7] [8] In June 2024, she appeared on the podcast Red Scare, whose hosts, Anna Khachiyan and Dasha Nekrasova, are closely affiliated with Dimes Square. [9] [10] Levy herself hosted the podcast Wet Brain alongside Walter Pearce, before an indefinite hiatus was announced in 2022. [11]

Levy's first book, My First Book, is a collection of short stories published in May 2024. My First Book received a critical but generally positive review from Dwight Garner of The New York Times , and was noted for its chronically-online prose and commentary on popular and internet culture. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Levy, Honor (2024). My first book. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN   978-0-593-65653-2.
  2. 1 2 "Honor Levy: the writer capturing the warp-speed mania of online". The Face. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ↑ Colyar, Brock (2024-05-03). "Honor Levy Finally Published Her First Book". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  4. ↑ YoungActorsStudio (2014-07-03). Dramatic Teen Monologue . Retrieved 2024-06-29– via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Cancel Me by Honor Levy". NY Tyrant. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ↑ Levy, Honor (2020-07-23). "Good Boys". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  7. ↑ Smith, Ben (2021-03-08). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ↑ Dai, Serena (2022-08-10). "Do You Need to Care About Dimes Square? Probably Not". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  9. ↑ "Red Scare Podcast". redscarepodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Escape from Dimes Square | Will Harrison". The Baffler. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Wet Brain on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  12. ↑ Garner, Dwight (2024-04-29). "Young, Cool, Coddled and Raised on the Internet". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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