I never planned on writing about literary it-girl Honor Levy. I knew Levy would get tons of press in the lead-up to the publication of her first book, the brilliantly titled My First Book, marketed as “A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Good Morning America, W, Nylon, SheReads, and LitHub.” So I wasn’t particularly interested in playing a part in her masterly publicity rollout. Levy, the poster girl of the New York City Dimes Square scene, already had a built-in audience of fans and all-important haters, the true drivers of literary engagement. So it was all but a guarantee that her book would be a grand success. I enjoyed sitting on the sidelines and watching her haters and her fans battle on X. I giggled in glee imagining her publicist giggling in far greater glee as the plan beautifully played out. “You won’t get me, you savvy publicist,” I thought. Honor will not dishonor me!