Tradition Is Not What We Think It Is: On Harmony Holiday’s “Hollywood Forever”
Laura Goode revels in the infinite parts of “Hollywood Forever,” a collection of poems by Harmony Holiday.
Laura Goode is the author of a collection of poems, Become a Name (Fathom Books, 2016), and a novel for young adults, Sister Mischief (Candlewick Press, 2011). She wrote (with director Meera Menon) and produced the feature film Farah Goes Bang; FGB premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and won the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize from Tribeca and Vogue. Her nonfiction has appeared in BuzzFeed, Longreads, ELLE, Refinery29, New Republic, New York Magazine, Fusion, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Bright Ideas, where she is a contributing editor. She received her BA and MFA from Columbia University and lives in San Francisco.
Laura Goode revels in the infinite parts of “Hollywood Forever,” a collection of poems by Harmony Holiday.
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