Killer Mike once said, “Tell him, first of all, that this woman is a genius and he needs to know that.” He was talking about me.
As a bilingual dual citizen (American and Panamanian) who is a lupus survivor and writes about depression and happens to be a full-time homosexual, I write from the intersection of various communities. To date, my essays have been included in curricula at Emory State University, California State University-Chico, and New York University.
More of my personal writing can be found at thecoloredboy.com. My freelance work can be found here: alexanderhardy.contently.com.
Also, I don’t believe in snow.
I am also a developer in training. Looking to use front-end web development platforms (HTML, CSS and Javascript) to take storytelling to the next level in the ever evolving digital era.
I also publish a website called HeartsConverse.com, where young writers can contribute pieces on relationships, life and culture. I host an event series that gathers young adults to discuss those topics as well called The Kickback.
My weekly newsletter I provide more introspective thoughts:
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I’m full-time at Rolling Stone and am not looking for any freelance work at the moment. However, I’m always available for quotes, panels, etc!
Fiction forthcoming in The Altamont Enterprise and Literary Orphans. Optioned screenplay in development.
I write mostly about entertainment, beauty, race and a lot of personal essays about money, family and class.
I received my degree in journalism and am just trying to put my name out there and spread a message like the majority of people that have the ability to start a blog in this age of digital media.
Former staffer at Essence, Redbook and Esquire; Jill of all trades (from service journalism to first person essays)
From London, England; live in Jersey City, USA
Curated “Space is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film” at BAMcinematek, Brooklyn
Have appeared on BBC One Film Show as a guest critic
Frequently moderate onstage Q&As and panels
Send to ask questions and get into trouble. Ask to write about art and sex. Writes compassionate, critical essays on anything from family cultural history to getting drunk with skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland.
My book, HOOD, will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2016: “We all wear hoods: the Grim Reaper, Red Riding Hood, torturers, executioners and the executed, athletes, laborers, anarchists, rappers, babies in onesies, and anyone who’s ever grabbed a hoodie on a chilly day. Alison Kinney’s HOOD explores the material and symbolic vibrancy of this everyday garment and political semaphore, which often protects the powerful at the expense of the powerless—with deadly results. Kinney considers medieval clerics and the Klan, anti-hoodie campaigns and the Hooded Man of Abu Ghraib, the Inquisition and the murder of Trayvon Martin, uncovering both the hooded perpetrators of violence and the hooded victims in their sights.”
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Writing in the forms of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. I am also a private writing coach and instructor. I teach local classes on writing through trauma and aspects of fiction and creative nonfiction development.
Interview on teaching Writing through Trauma with the Indiana Daily Student
http://www.idsnews.com/article/2015/01/trauma-survivor-teaches-writing-class-to-help-others
I write about everyone’s favorite dinner party topics: race, the culture wars and God. But don’t worry, I try to mix it up with less popular subjects like blockbuster movies, Netflix’s new binge-worthy show and Jay-oncé’s latest baby pic trending on Twitter.
I spin words for the web, print and TV—from politically-themed poetry and researched news stories—to catchy website copy and restaurant reviews. With a background in education, public speaking and arts/media, I have the ability to convey complex information and ideas in an easy to understand, conversational tone.
* Former business/tech staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle
* Also worked at the Contra Costa Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oregonian, and The Washington Post
* Longtime volunteer, board member, chapter president, etc. of the Asian American Journalists Association
I write fiction, nonfiction, personal essays, and reviews
New book coming out in Jan ’16 on Palgrave Macmillan.
The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities Money Shot: The Wild Nights and Lonely Days Inside the Black Porn Industry The Ways of Black Folks: A Year in the Life of a People Friends With Benefits Skin Game.
I write the Bone Street Rumba Urban Fantasy series, which began in January 2015 with Half-Resurrection Blues (Penguin’s Roc Books). My first YA novel is Shadowshaper, from Scholastic’s Arthur A. Levine Books. I co-edited the anthology Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History.