Minda Honey

Minda Honey
Born	1985 Louisville, KY
Education	University of California, Riverside
Known for	Author of The Heartbreak Years
Website	https://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

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

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

• 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

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. "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. "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.