Dan Kennedy (author)
Dan Kennedy is an American author, stage performer, and host of The Moth storytelling podcast in New York.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Kennedy's writing first gained attention at McSweeney's, a literary website and quarterly journal. He then started performing on stage with New York-based storytelling collective The Moth in 2000.[4] In 2003 he published his first book, Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation, with Random House. He followed this up with a well received memoir in 2008 entitled Rock On: An Office Power Balled,[5][6] in which he discussed his time working for Atlantic Records,[7] in New York. Kennedy's debut novel American Spirit [8] was released in 2013. His work has appeared in GQ Magazine and on the Peabody Award winning Moth Radio Hour, and his writing has been published in multiple anthologies in Europe and the United States.[9][10]
In 2015 Kennedy began writing for television and film, and he sits on the judging committees of the 2017 PEN America Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History, and the 2017 Writers Guild of America East “Made in New York” Fellowship Program.[11][12]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Books[edit | edit source]
- Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation (Random House/Crown, 2003)
- Rock On: An Office Power Balled (Algonquin, 2008)[13]
- American Spirit: A Novel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Littla a, 2013)[14][15]
Anthologies[edit | edit source]
- McSweeney's Issue 50 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern), edited by Dave Eggers
- Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor, Editors Dave Eggers, Kevin Shay, Lee Epstein, John Warner, Suzanne Kleid
- Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, by John Cook, Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Ray Porter
- Humor Me: An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too), edited by Ian Frazier
- Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times, Edited by Kevin Sampsell
- The Encyclopedia of Exes, Edited by Meredith Broussard
- The Autobiographer's Handbook: The 826 National Guide to Writing Your Memoir, edited by Jennifer Traig
- McSweeney's Issue 35 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern), edited by Dave Eggers
- The McSweeney's Book of Politics and Musicals, by the Editors of McSweeney's
- The Insomniac Reader: Stories of the Night, Edited by Kevin Sampsell
- The Best of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Edited by Chris Monks, John Warner
- Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts, Edited by Michael Taeckens
- Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists, by the Editors of McSweeney's
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gross, Terry (13 March 2008). "Dan Kennedy's Rocky Times in the Music Biz". Fresh Air (March 13, 2008). National Public Radio. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ Amodeo, Gloria Beth (31 May 2013). "Connecticut Parking Lot Blues: PW Talks With Dan Kennedy". Publishers Weekly (May 31, 2013). Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ KIRSCHLING, GREGORY (2003-09-26). "How one goes from loser to rock star to Loser". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ "Dan Kennedy: Fishing For A Tale". NPR.org. May 31, 2013. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ Robert, Sandall (30 March 2008). ""How I Tried to Stop Caring About Music and Learn to Love Corporate Rock"". The Sunday Times of London (Sunday, March 30, 2008). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ Azzerad, Michael. "Rock 'n' Droll". The New York Times (Sunday, March 02, 2008). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ Donahue, Deirdre (February 18, 2008). "Rock On: An Office Power Ballad". USA TODAY Life. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ "American Spirit: A Novel". Publishers Weekly (Monday, May 20, 2013). May 20, 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "In Deep Guano". WYNC Radio 93.9 FM. The Moth Radio Hour. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ Kennedy, Dan (February 25, 2009). ""The Last Record Store"". GQ Magazine (Weds, February 25, 2009). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "FX Buys Restaurant Comedy 'Starters' Produced By Ed Helms". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ ""The 2017 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History"". PEN America, The Freedom to Write. PEN America. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ Schickel, Erika (2008-02-10). "Pants on fire". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ "10 Dazzling Debut Novels to Pick Up Right Now: American Spirit". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ "Searching High And Low For The 'American Spirit'". NPR.org. June 2, 2013. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
