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Join the Food Essay This Fall

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Aug 21, 2026

Join the Food Essay This Fall

And all the downloadable workshop options!

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On Reported Essays

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Aug 17, 2026

On Reported Essays

The persona is a perspective: a mini-syllabus from the summer workshops.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Summer Is for Beer

The Monthly Menu

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Aug 14, 2026

Summer Is for Beer

And I wrote about 'Tony' for CNN.

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Alicia Kennedy
On Personal Essays

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Aug 10, 2026

On Personal Essays

The personal is a position: a mini-syllabus from the summer workshops.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

The Food Blogger As Main Character

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Aug 7, 2026

The Food Blogger As Main Character

I watched ‘The Five-Star Weekend.’

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Alicia Kennedy
Thinking Print; Publishing Digital

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Aug 3, 2026

Thinking Print; Publishing Digital

Opportunities in a broken media landscape.

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Alicia Kennedy

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