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Alison Kinney (she/her) is the author of three nonfiction books: the forthcoming United States of Rejection: A Story of Love, Hate & Hope (UGA Press, May 2026), Avidly Reads Opera (NYU Press, 2021) and Hood (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016).

Her essays and articles have appeared online and/or in print at The NewYorker.com, The Paris Review Daily, Harper's, Lapham's Quarterly, The New York Times, The Guardian, VAN Magazine, and other publications. Five of her essays have been named Notable Essays in The Best American Essays.

Alison teaches creative nonfiction writing and writing electives ("Bodies of Water: Literature, Ecology & Justice" and "Professional Writing Practices").

Degrees Held

MFA, Creative Writing, The New School

Recent Publications

• UNITED STATES OF REJECTION (UGA Press, forthcoming May 2026): https://ugapress.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/uga-press-celebrates-10-years-of-crux-the-georgia-series-in-literary-nonfiction/
• "The Rejection Lab" (Gay Magazine): https://gay.medium.com/the-rejection-lab-89c69d2babe0
• AVIDLY READS OPERA (NYU Press, 2021): https://nyupress.org/9781479811731/avidly-reads-opera/

Performances and Appearances

Research Interests

Creative nonfiction, essay, memoir, cultural history, journalism, social justice, literature, ecology, classical music.

Portfolio

AVIDLY READS OPERA (NYU Press)

HOOD (Bloomsbury Publishing)

The Tough Immigrant Tree (The New Yorker)

The State of Empathy in Charleston (Longreads)

Vote. Sing. Breathe. (Harper's Magazine)