Kendra Allen: Craft Talk

Authors

Rachel Marston, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow
Kendra AllenFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

9-29-2022

Sponsoring Department(s)

Literary Arts Institute

Abstract

Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and has been making a name for herself in the literary world despite her relatively recent entry. In 2018, she won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction with her debut essay collection, When You Learn the Alphabet (University of Iowa Press, 2019) which delves into issues of racism and identity. Allen's most recent publication, Fruit Punch, a Memoir (Harper Collins, August 9, 2022) is an arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up as a Black child desperate to create a clear reality for herself in this country. She has also received praise for her debut poetry publication, The Collection Plate (Ecco, 2019). Allen is the voice of a generation—and a witness to how we come into being in the twenty-first century.

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Recommended Citation

Marston, Rachel and Allen, Kendra, "Kendra Allen: Craft Talk" (2022). Literary Arts Institute Lectures. 20.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/lai_lectures/20