Alicia Kennedy

5 days ago | aliciakennedy.news | Alicia Kennedy

The most interesting thing I’ve learned about being a writer is that I have to remember that I have a body. This week, for example—the actual matter of when I’m writing this is insignificant—I’ve been sitting down to my desk without a shower. I’m out of step with my usual process. While I’m writing a lecture on “the food essay,” I’m excited: drawing lines from 16th century France to Virginia Woolf to xoJane will do that to a person.

1 week ago | aliciakennedy.news | Alicia Kennedy

I have never advertised the fact that I’m available for editorial consultation, but folks have found this out on my website and it’s been really enjoyable to have some nitty-gritty, focused conversations with other writers on what they want their publications, careers, and books to look like. We talk about what they can do to better communicate their projects, grow their audiences the right way, and I get really transparent about my own experiences in a way that I can’t do publicly.

1 week ago | aliciakennedy.news | Alicia Kennedy

I grew up wanting to be a magazine editor, coveting magazines—any of them I could get my hands on, whether Q or NME (British music magazines) at Borders Books, my mom’s Vogue, teen magazines from the supermarket, the Food & Wine and Travel + Leisure that arrived to our house and were seemingly read by no one else but me.

2 weeks ago | aliciakennedy.news | Alicia Kennedy

I don’t use the word “community” lightly, and I’ve repeated this often. It wasn’t a goal of mine with this newsletter to “build community”; in fact, my goals for this newsletter were nonexistent at the time of its launch and have only emerged over time, organically (pieces on this forthcoming).

2 weeks ago | aliciakennedy.news | Alicia Kennedy

I’ve been a massive fan of Between Two Waters by chef and author Pam Brunton ever since it was brought to my attention for a blurb pre-publication. I chose it for the Desk Book Club because I knew it would strike a really great chord with this audience for its historical perspective and imaginative reach. We hosted Brunton for a Salon discussion of the book, and it follows as video, audio, and a text transcript, so you can choose your favorite style.