Alison Kinney
Assistant Professor of Writing
Email
kinneya@newschool.edu
Office Location
B - Eugene Lang College Building - 65 West 11th Street
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Alison Kinney (she/her) is the author of Hood (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016), of which Sister Helen Prejean says, “Provocative and highly informative, Alison Kinney’s Hood considers this seemingly neutral garment accessory and reveals it to be vexed by a long history of violence, from the Grim Reaper to the KKK and beyond–a history we would do well to address, and redress. Readers will never see hoods the same way again.”
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. Four of her essays have been named Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2016-2019.
Alison teaches creative nonfiction writing, reading for writers, and writing electives.
Degrees Held
MFA, Creative Writing, The New School
Recent Publications
Performances and Appearances
Research Interests
Creative nonfiction, essay, memoir, cultural history, social justice, opera, nature writing.
Portfolio
HOOD (Bloomsbury Publishing)
How Deep Is Your Love? (Lapham's Quarterly)
The Tough Immigrant Tree (The New Yorker)
The State of Empathy in Charleston (Longreads)
Vote. Sing. Breathe. (Harper's Magazine)
Current Courses
From Sea to Shining Sea
From Sea to Shining Sea (Spring 2020)
Ind Senior Project
Independent Study
Intermediate Non-Fiction
Intermediate Non-Fiction (Spring 2020)
Intro Non-Fiction
RFW Non-Fiction (Spring 2020)
Riggio Honors Program: Thesis (Spring 2020)