• Backspace: Essays on Everything with Michelle Kennedy

  • By: Michelle Kennedy
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Backspace: Essays on Everything with Michelle Kennedy

By: Michelle Kennedy
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  • Hi! I am Michelle Kennedy and I am an author, a mom of many, a lover of knits and a devoted reader and writer of the essay.

    Backspace features essays on life, love, parenting and more - a literary experience in the time it takes to wade through the pick up line at school - or get to the store. Join us every week for new essays and new discussions on great writing - and not so great writing.

    Read the essays at my website: mishkennedy.com

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    2024
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Episodes
  • Against Nature by Joyce Carol Oates

    Against Nature by Joyce Carol Oates
    Mar 5 2025
    This is a delightful essay in that the author is not at all delighted by nature - at least not here. This essay wholly embraces not nature writing. And it is a study of nature and how we think of it. Humanly.

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    28 mins
  • Mark Twain: Taming the Bicycle

    Mark Twain: Taming the Bicycle
    Jan 18 2025
    In this conversation, Michelle Kennedy explores Mark Twain's essay 'Taming the Bicycle,' reflecting on the humorous yet profound journey of learning to ride a bicycle. She discusses the anxieties and challenges faced during the learning process, the importance of guidance, and the broader implications of learning and personal growth. The conversation intertwines themes of writing, authenticity, and the evolution of machines in our lives, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of mastery and experience.

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    25 mins
  • George Orwell's Why I Write

    George Orwell's Why I Write
    Dec 18 2024
    Definitely tune into this one - have 20 minutes to kill waiting for a kid to come back from practice? Sitting in traffic? Driving to the store? This one is a bit longer - 20 minutes - but it's good. And the stories are fantastic - and hopefully I read it well enough for you to enjoy it.

    From the essay: George Orwell's Why I Write: "The great mass of human beings are not acutely selfish. After the age of about thirty they abandon individual ambition – in many cases, indeed, they almost abandon the sense of being individuals at all – and live chiefly for others, or are simply smothered under drudgery. But there is also the minority of gifted, willful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong in this class. Serious writers, I should say, are on the whole more vain and self-centered than journalists, though less interested in money."

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    22 mins

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