Emergent Summer
Tushrik Fredericks walks as if in a trance, arms floating forward and pushing back with each step. Fog transforms the air into a tangible element.
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During her 15 years dancing with American Ballet Theatre, Melanie Hamrick always brought a book to rehearsal. “Sometimes if it wasn’t my cast—and because I’d done “Swan Lake” so many times—I’d try to sneak a book in my lap,” she remembers.
When she retired from dancing in 2019, writing felt like a natural next step. And after a brief flirtation with the idea of becoming a choreographer was shut down by the pandemic, Hamrick officially took to the page, emboldened by the support of her family. After her mother put her in touch with a romance novelist friend, who then put her in touch with an agent, Hamrick began to write the story that became her debut novel, First Position.
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