Editor Sarah Mankowski Calls Howard-Johnson "quite simply the best writer I have come to know..."
Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s new book, “Harkening,” was given WordThunder and Book Banter’s most prestigious award this week. Howard-Johnson is a 35 year resident of Glendale and an occasional contributor to the Glendale News-Press’s Reel Critics.
Sarah Mankowski, editor of the two sites, says “(Howard-Johnson’s prose flow(s) with
rich descriptions and attention to detail.” She announced her top award on in time for a 2003 celebration.
“Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered” is creative nonfiction, a new term for an old
genre. This form is well suited to examine the truths in fiction and the little white lies inherent in fact. . The foreword explains how the author tells true stories remembered as truly as if they were photographs,
as creatively as if they were fiction. Each story in the collection may be read separately
but together they feel more like a novel, a story that travels lineally from the beginnings of one family's collective memory in Michigan as they settle in Utah and move out of it,
Diaspora -fashion into California. Several stories are set in Glendale.
Howard-Johnson’s first book, "This is the Place, " won the Reviewers' Choice Award and six others and was an NUW Book Club selection. A story in “Harkening” was also the recipient of the Red Sky Press Award. .Learn more about the author at: http://www.TLT.com/authors/carolynhowardjohnson.htm.
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