She’s been a teacher, a mother and a Park Cities socialite. With ‘Once in the Blue Moon,’ she’s become a serious writer.
Virginia “Jennie” Reeves is launching her debut novel, "Once in the Blue Moon." Reeves poses for a photo at her home on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Dallas.The coolest book event I ever attended was in a strip mall at the very non-rock-star hour of 5:30 p.m. This was Wednesday, March 6, and I arrived fashionably late to find attendees spilling onto the sidewalk of Interabang Books. Near the entryway, bartenders handed out AIX rosé and Rambler seltzer.
100W founder and Corsicana artist Kyle Hobratschk , with Virginia "Jennie" Reeves, author of "Once in the Blue Moon," at her Interabang Books event on March 6, 2024.The duo’s collaboration evolved naturally. To hear Reeves tell it, Hobratschk asked her to read from the manuscript she’d been working on, and to hear Hobratschk tell it, he never asked. No matter: The manuscript was read.“She has such a good voice,” said Hobratschk, now a distinguished 31.
Reeves wrote her book in longhand, too. “Like Toni Morrison,” I pointed out to her, though she added, “and Cormac McCarthy.” The manuscript got the attention of a New York publisher, but it was taking too long, and they never understood the etchings , so the pair reached out to Will Evans, a friend of Hobratschk’s.“Kyle is one of the most visionary people I’ve met since moving to Dallas,” Evans told me, quite the compliment from one of the most visionary peopleThis city is a rootless place.
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