Kim O'Connell
Publishing NewsKim's profile of science-based landscape architect Mikyoung Kim appears in the latest issue of Landscape Architecture magazine. "In the heart of downtown Boston," the story begins, "Boston Children’s Hospital feels like a world unto itself. Hospitals often feel this way because of their nature as places where some of life’s weightiest events happen—births, deaths, life-saving surgeries and treatments...where the stakes are as high as they could ever be. Each family, each patient, each story feels unique and profound."
Kim has published a feature in Preservation magazine about the recent restoration of the historic Omni Homestead resort in southwest Virginia. Kim's next assignment for Preservation will take her an archaeological investigation at historic Drayton Hall in Charleston, SC. Kim's essay about the Appalachian Trail, called "Connective Tissue," appears in the second edition of Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks (Mountaineers Books). Kim also published a feature story about spruce restoration along the Trail for A.T. Journeys, the magazine of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Kim's story on a new park in Maryland with Indigenous significance appears in Landscape Architecture magazine. |
A story two years in the making: Kim's feature on the groundbreaking and long forgotten Howard University crew team has just been published in The Washington Post's Metro section, following a previous story that appeared in Smithsonian magazine in 2022. Kim spent a year building up a database of former rowers and searching far and wide for living members to talk to. Kim's work was mentioned in a recent article in Row2K.com, and she is now writing a book about the barrier-breaking team. Undark published Kim's article about light pollution and astrotourism, which grew out of Kim's artist's residency at Acadia National Park. The piece was republished in Atlas Obscura and Mother Jones. Al Jazeera English published Kim's profile of anti-hunger advocate Rebecca Middleton. |
EventsLittle Saigon Walking Tour
Sponsored by the Arlington County Library May 6, 2023 Widening the Lens: Diversifying Nature Writing AWP Conference (Association of Writers & Writing Programs), Philadelphia, PA March 2022 The Storytellers: Giving Agency to Your Ancestors The Library of Virginia May 6, 2021 Moderator, A Q&A With Novelist Marita Golden Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University's Master's in Science Writing Program April 2020 |
The Saving Grace of Spring Rolls
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA May 2019 American University, Washington, DC March 2019 Acadia National Park Writing Workshop October 2018 National Parks Artist-in-Residence Panel AWP Conference, Washington, D.C. February 2017 |