Kevin O'Kelly
Cognoscenti contributor
Kevin O'Kelly is a librarian and writer who lives in Somerville, Mass. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor and The Rumpus.
Recently published
Now Is All We Have
Even if you resist the idea that a moment sitting stuck in traffic or a half-hour walking in piercing wind in bleak midwinter is a sacred mystery, writes Kevin O'Kelly,...
The Fatal Consequences Of Pathologizing Race In America
Kevin O'Kelly writes that Philando Castile was targeted for having a "wide-set nose." Did his features cost him his life?
Donald Trump And The Fluidity Of Racism
White people have always been afraid. This is the fact that enabled Trump’s rise.