AMELIA KENNEDY

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AMELIA KENNEDY

Essays

Read Amelia’s published essays on literature and the writers life on ‘Write or Die Tribe’.

By Amelia:

The World Breaks Everyone: On Writing and Depression
Writers Who Inspire Us - The Poetic Narratives of Patti Smith
How Can We Both Love and Survive Our Parents? - A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of my Mother and Schizophrenia by Claire Phillips

Poetry

@ameliakennedywritings

Pieces from the second half of 2025.

What a beautiful, devastating, wonderful, heartbreaking year.

So much considered, so much written, so many emotions, so many cups of coffee with added oat milk and cinnamon. So much felt, experienced.

I’

On Thanksgiving Day I took out my film camera for the first time in several years.

This is what I saw.

Words that have been getting me through a lot lately.

And a reminder to return to words and writers whenever we need help, empathy or anything else.

It’s all there for us in the work of others.

Excerpts from:
Sylvia Plath
Dylan Thomas
Char

Most definitely saw John Proctor with the devil.

This was so special.

‘Rough Poetry’ is a play I wrote last year, upon the ten year anniversary of the beginning of my wonderful, tumultuous and ever growing love affair with New York City. In many ways, it’s a love letter to New Yo

Being held momentarily/momentarily being held.

Taking the Q train from Brooklyn to Manhattan as autumn arrives in New York.

My Didion/Babitz summer, or, the duality of late stage Americana.

I KEEP LEAVING PARTIES EARLY

At The 50th Annual @concordshows Off Off Broadway Festival.

I am so honored to have been able to present my work alongside such incredible playwrights and artists.

A big thank you always to @heather_bildman who saw so

2025 midway point reflection.

Including:

Snow days, a wrist sprain, theatre working, theatre seeing, ‘I Keep Leaving Parties Early’, ‘Why Must We Pray Screaming?’, chopping off my hair, San Francisco, live music, museum visi

Photoshoot of my absolute DREAMS yesterday with @brynnowenphotography

Thanks so much for such a fun afternoon in the studio, I love photoshoots where I can really be myself (: (:

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