The Desk Salon Series Invites Carina del Valle Schorske
Join me (Alicia Kennedy) and writer Carina del Valle Schorske for a one-hour conversation about her work, including pieces such as: “Eddie Palmieri Says Don’t Call It a Comeback” (The New Yorker); “Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief” (The New York Times Magazine); and “The Ladder Up” (Virginia Quarterly Review).
There will be a 20- to 30-minute guided conversation, and then the space will open for a Q&A. The conversation will be recorded and transcribed for paid subscribers to From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy.
Paid subscribers attend free using the discount code found in their email headers or can contact me directly to obtain it. There are limited slots open for others.
WHEN
Sunday, March 9
1 p.m. EST
WHERE
Zoom—a link will be sent to attendees one hour before the event
ABOUT CARINA
Carina is a writer, translator, and wannabe backup dancer. Her debut essay collection, The Other Island, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books. It was recently awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.
She writes about Caribbean culture, literary politics, diasporic dramas, and the songs she can’t stop singing to myself. Her essays have been published many places including The Believer, The Cut, The Point, and the New York Times Magazine, where she is now a contributing writer. This profile of Bad Bunny was featured on CBS. This story about grief and belonging on apocalyptic dance floors won a National Magazine Award.
As a translator, she focuses on Puerto Rican poetry, especially the work of Marigloria Palma. Her own poetry has been featured in a variety of small journals and anthologies, and supported by fellowships from CantoMundo, MacDowell, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
She has a PhD in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University.
ABOUT ALICIA
Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer. She is the author of the bestselling book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and the forthcoming On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. Desde mi escritorio, a collection of her essays in translation, was published in Spain, and her recipes have been included in Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Eating and the 50th anniversary edition of Diet for a Small Planet.
Her work has been published in Harper’s Bazaar, Mold, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Lux, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies, and it has been anthologized in Best American Food Writing. She has given talks at MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, UC Berkeley, and more.
From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, her weekly newsletter on culture, media, and politics, has 40,000 subscribers and has been mentioned in The New York Times, Vogue, The Nation, The Atlantic, and more outlets.
Join me (Alicia Kennedy) and writer Carina del Valle Schorske for a one-hour conversation about her work, including pieces such as: “Eddie Palmieri Says Don’t Call It a Comeback” (The New Yorker); “Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief” (The New York Times Magazine); and “The Ladder Up” (Virginia Quarterly Review).
There will be a 20- to 30-minute guided conversation, and then the space will open for a Q&A. The conversation will be recorded and transcribed for paid subscribers to From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy.
Paid subscribers attend free using the discount code found in their email headers or can contact me directly to obtain it. There are limited slots open for others.
WHEN
Sunday, March 9
1 p.m. EST
WHERE
Zoom—a link will be sent to attendees one hour before the event
ABOUT CARINA
Carina is a writer, translator, and wannabe backup dancer. Her debut essay collection, The Other Island, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books. It was recently awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.
She writes about Caribbean culture, literary politics, diasporic dramas, and the songs she can’t stop singing to myself. Her essays have been published many places including The Believer, The Cut, The Point, and the New York Times Magazine, where she is now a contributing writer. This profile of Bad Bunny was featured on CBS. This story about grief and belonging on apocalyptic dance floors won a National Magazine Award.
As a translator, she focuses on Puerto Rican poetry, especially the work of Marigloria Palma. Her own poetry has been featured in a variety of small journals and anthologies, and supported by fellowships from CantoMundo, MacDowell, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
She has a PhD in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University.
ABOUT ALICIA
Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer. She is the author of the bestselling book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and the forthcoming On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. Desde mi escritorio, a collection of her essays in translation, was published in Spain, and her recipes have been included in Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Eating and the 50th anniversary edition of Diet for a Small Planet.
Her work has been published in Harper’s Bazaar, Mold, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Lux, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies, and it has been anthologized in Best American Food Writing. She has given talks at MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, UC Berkeley, and more.
From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, her weekly newsletter on culture, media, and politics, has 40,000 subscribers and has been mentioned in The New York Times, Vogue, The Nation, The Atlantic, and more outlets.
Join me (Alicia Kennedy) and writer Carina del Valle Schorske for a one-hour conversation about her work, including pieces such as: “Eddie Palmieri Says Don’t Call It a Comeback” (The New Yorker); “Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief” (The New York Times Magazine); and “The Ladder Up” (Virginia Quarterly Review).
There will be a 20- to 30-minute guided conversation, and then the space will open for a Q&A. The conversation will be recorded and transcribed for paid subscribers to From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy.
Paid subscribers attend free using the discount code found in their email headers or can contact me directly to obtain it. There are limited slots open for others.
WHEN
Sunday, March 9
1 p.m. EST
WHERE
Zoom—a link will be sent to attendees one hour before the event
ABOUT CARINA
Carina is a writer, translator, and wannabe backup dancer. Her debut essay collection, The Other Island, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books. It was recently awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.
She writes about Caribbean culture, literary politics, diasporic dramas, and the songs she can’t stop singing to myself. Her essays have been published many places including The Believer, The Cut, The Point, and the New York Times Magazine, where she is now a contributing writer. This profile of Bad Bunny was featured on CBS. This story about grief and belonging on apocalyptic dance floors won a National Magazine Award.
As a translator, she focuses on Puerto Rican poetry, especially the work of Marigloria Palma. Her own poetry has been featured in a variety of small journals and anthologies, and supported by fellowships from CantoMundo, MacDowell, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
She has a PhD in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University.
ABOUT ALICIA
Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer. She is the author of the bestselling book No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and the forthcoming On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. Desde mi escritorio, a collection of her essays in translation, was published in Spain, and her recipes have been included in Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Eating and the 50th anniversary edition of Diet for a Small Planet.
Her work has been published in Harper’s Bazaar, Mold, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Lux, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies, and it has been anthologized in Best American Food Writing. She has given talks at MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, UC Berkeley, and more.
From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, her weekly newsletter on culture, media, and politics, has 40,000 subscribers and has been mentioned in The New York Times, Vogue, The Nation, The Atlantic, and more outlets.