Jessica Kinnison

Fiction Writer

New Orleans, LA

Louisiana US

Email:

Jessica.Kinnison@gmail.com

Website:

www.jessicakinnison.com

Author's Bio

Jessica Kinnison's work has appeared in Columbia Journal, Phoebe, and The Southern Humanities Review, among other publications. A 2018 Kenyon Review Peter Taylor Fellow, she was listed in the top eight New Orleans Poets to Watch in April 2020 by POETS & WRITERS. A Mississippi native, she is co-founder of the New Orleans Writers Workshop and host of the Dogfish Reading Series in New Orleans.

Education:

Chatham University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:

Words Without Walls Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2015)

Journals:

Cossack Review

Fiction Southeast

Juked

Pif Magazine

Southern Humanities Review

Prizes won:

Southeast Film And Theatre Association's Short Play Contest 2008 Best Fiction Thesis, Chatham University 2013

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Illya Kaminsky Marguerite Duras Samuel Ligon Mary Ruefle

What I'm reading now:

The Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, Marriage by Sue Miller, French Quarter Beautification Project by CW Cannon

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Jackson, MS

Mississippi

Raised in:

Jackson, MS

Mississippi

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Last update: Dec 06, 2020