What was happening in your life when you decided to write Homebodies?
“There’s no world where I could’ve done what Mickey did, but I identified with those emotions and thought other people could relate, too.”īelow, Denton-Hurst speaks to about her debut, the different ways that Black women are expected to perform, and why she hopes that her work will make its way into your group chat conversations. But unlike Mickey, she began a job-at New York Magazine-shortly after.
“When I was laid off at the end of 2019 from my job,” says Denton-Hurst, “I felt very knocked off my path.” Being that she's a Virgo, this sudden change took a toll. Rather than sticking around in New York, she returns home to Maryland to figure out her next move. Inspired by events from her own life, the story is about Mickey Hayward, a twenty-something journalist who unexpectedly gets laid off from her media job.
As a current writer at New York Magazine’s The Strategist, Denton-Hurst has made her first foray into the literary world with her debut novel Homebodies.
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