Faculty

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Alison Kinney (she/her) is the author of two nonfiction books, Avidly Reads Opera (NYU Press, October 12, 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, The Atlantic, Van Magazine, L.A. Review of Books, Longreads, The Believer, LitHub, Hyperallergic, and other publications. Five of her essays have been named Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2016-2020.

Alison teaches creative nonfiction writing, reading for writers, and writing electives.

Degrees Held

MFA, Creative Writing, The New School

Recent Publications

• AVIDLY READS OPERA (NYU Press, forthcoming Oct. 2021): https://nyupress.org/9781479811731/avidly-reads-opera/
• The Rejection Lab (Gay Magazine): https://gay.medium.com/the-rejection-lab-89c69d2babe0

• 2020 Interview: "Reading During Crisis, Part 2," https://www.megaphonic.fm/spouter/30b
• 2019 Interview: "Write at the Grocery Store," https://electricliterature.com/alison-kinney-encourages-you-to-write-at-the-grocery-store/

Performances and Appearances

Research Interests

Creative nonfiction, essay, memoir, cultural history, social justice, opera, literature, music writing, nature writing.

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)