Kelsey McKinney Book Tour
Upcoming Events
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The Town Hall w/Strand Bookstore
123 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10036
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Wilbur Theater w/Brookline Booksmith
246 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116
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Politics and Prose @ Lincoln Theater
1215 U ST NW, Washington DC 20009
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Seattle Arts and Lectures @ Town Hall
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
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Vroman’s @ Wilshire Ebell
Join us for a hilarious and gossipy evening with Kelsey McKinney discussing and reading her newest book!
4401 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
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Texas Theater w/The Wild Detectives
231 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208
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Fillmore w/First Person Arts
Presale starts at 10AM local time. Presale code: STORY (not case sensitive)
29 E Allen St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
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Chicago Humanities Festival
2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
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Toronto Public Library
789 Yonge St, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8, Canada
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From the host of the Normal Gossip podcast, a delightfully insightful exploration of our obsession with gossip that weaves together journalism, cultural criticism, and memoir.
As the pandemic forced us to socialize at a distance, Kelsey McKinney was mourning the juicy updates and jaw-dropping stories she’d typically collect over drinks with friends—and from her hunger, the blockbuster Normal Gossip podcast was born. With listenership in the millions, Kelsey found herself thinking more critically about gossip as a form, and wanting to better understand the role it plays in our culture.
In You Didn’t Hear This From Me, McKinney explores the murkiness of everyday storytelling. Why is gossip considered a sin, and how can we better recognize when it’s being weaponized? Why do we think we’re entitled to every detail of a celebrity’s personal life? And how do we define “gossip,” anyway? As much as the book aims to treat gossip as a subject worthy of rigor, it also hopes to capture the heart of gossiping: how enchanting and fun it can be to lean over and whisper something a little salacious into your friend’s ear.
With wit and honesty, McKinney unmasks what we’re actually searching for when we demand to know the truth—and how much the truth really matters in the first place.
