Washington D.C.’s mighty mighty Barrelhouse showed HORSE SHOW some love on 7/18 with a stellar review by fellow fiction writer Emily Webber! Click here to read her review in its entirety!
Webber writes: “In many stories, Jess Bowers often plucks an actual incident involving a horse from history and re-imagines the surrounding people, resulting in lively and innovative storytelling. Along with these lesser-known horse stories, she includes artifacts and photographs that sent me searching the internet for details on the real story. For many, there isn’t much information readily available except confirmation that the horse did exist. It turns out Bowers’s horse stories also entail examining grief, our complicated relationships with each other and with animals, and humanity’s insatiable need for dominance. No matter how much technological progress occurs, it seems like the darkest parts of the human heart remain.”
Thank you, Barrelhouse!
I was also interviewed by Bold Journey, an online magazine that talks with creative people about the many challenges that can stand in the way of creative practice. You can read the interview, where I compare creative risk-taking to jumping horses over scary obstacles, right here!
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