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name: Alison Kinney
about: Alison Kinney is the author of the nonfiction books AVIDLY READS OPERA (NYU Press 2021) and HOOD (Bloomsbury 2016).alisonkinney.com.Her essays and articles on cultural history, art, opera, literature, and social justice can be found online at Paris Review Daily, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper's, Lapham's Quarterly, L.A. Review of Books, The New Republic, Longreads, and other publications. Five of her essays have been named Notable Essays in The Best American Essays, from 2016 through 2020. She teaches nonfiction writing at Eugene Lang College, The New School.“Provocative and highly informative, Alison Kinney's HOOD considers this seemingly neutral garment accessory and reveals it to be vexed by a long histo Alison Kinney is the author of the nonfiction books AVIDLY READS OPERA (NYU Press 2021) and HOOD (Bloomsbury 2016).alisonkinney.com.Her essays and articles on cultural history, art, opera, literature, and social justice can be found online at Paris Review Daily, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, Harper's, Lapham's Quarterly, L.A. Review of Books, The New Republic, Longreads, and other publications. Five of her essays have been named Notable Essays in The Best American Essays, from 2016 through 2020. She teaches nonfiction writing at Eugene Lang College, The New School.“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.” – Sister Helen Prejean, author of DEAD MAN WALKING ...more