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John Kenney
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John Kenney

John Kenney has worked as a copywriter in New York City for seventeen years. He has also been a contributor to The New Yorker magazine since 1999. Some of his work appears in a collection of The New Yorker’s humor writing, Disquiet, Please! He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit ByJohnKenney.com.

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    1. The Focus Group — John Kenney's TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
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TMC Net, May 17, 2013
...Va., May 17 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,442,174) developed by John Kenney, West Windsor, N.J., and Declan Dalton, Ballyneety, Ireland, for an "apparatus and method for rotational frequency detection." The abstract of...
Malta Independent Daily, March 29, 2013
..."Truth in Advertising" (Touchstone), by John Kenney A hilarious op-ed column on politics appeared in The New York Times as the 2012 presidential election was winding down in other words, just when we desperately needed comic...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 8, 2013
...called a midlife crisis, except that at age 39, Fin hasn’t grown up yet. Former Manhattan copywriter John Kenney’s witty, poignant first novel takes Fin on a journey toward redemption and love. Along the way, Kenney provides a highly entertaining...
Philadelphia City Paper, February 28, 2013
...losses and go read Tuesdays with Morrie.” Mansbach is hardly alone in bristling against the taint of sentimentality. John Kenney’s Truth in Advertising (Jan. 22, Touchstone) opens with the arm’s-length cynicism of adman-in-crisis Fin Dolan...
Christian Science Monitor, February 27, 2013
...you turn the sound down or run to the toilet,” he says with the self-deprecating charm that fuels John Kenney's debut novel. His workaholic boss has him cancel Christmas vacation to come up with a brilliant idea. One problem: The reason Fin specializes...
New York Daily News, February 25, 2013
...$10. Mind, Body and Soul Studio, 2031 Forest Ave. Staten Island. (718) 727-9862. MOMENT OF ‘TRUTH.’ Debut novelist John Kenney will discuss his fictional work “Truth in Advertising.” In the novel, Finbar Dolan escapes his blue-collar Boston...
Newsday, February 22, 2013
...by JOHN WILWOL. Washington Post Book World TRUTH IN ADVERTISING, by John Kenney. Touchstone, 308 pp., $24.99. 'Truth in Advertising," the first novel from New Yorker magazine humor contributor John Kenney, looks a lot like one of those "whiny man"...
Californian, May 30, 2013
...dying woman identified a neighbor as the person who shot her and her husband to death. That neighbor, John Kenney, 72, has been charged with two counts of murder in the case. If convicted, he could face the death sentence or life in prison without...
Californian, May 28, 2013
...of killing his neighbors is facing a new charge in a case expected to go trial in May. John Kenney faces a perjury charge for allegedly lying to police in July 2005 about owning a gun. The 73-year-old is accused of fatally shooting his neighbors, Mel...
Fremont Tribune, May 23, 2013
...and Oakland-Craig’s Mitchell Lindstrom each shot 93 Wednesday while Wahoo Bishop Neumann’s Haley Thiele (tie-13th) and John Kenney (tie-28th) each finished in the top 30. Gibbon (651) claimed the Class C State Championship by a single stroke after...
Fremont Tribune, May 22, 2013
...ninth. Wahoo Neumann’s Haley Thiele is in a tie for 13th after shooting a 80, while teammate John Kenney carded a 83. Oakland-Craig’s Mitchell Lindstrom shot a 94 while Arlington’s Jack Scott finished with a 101. Plainview’s Sam Meuret claimed...
Waltham Patch, May 19, 2013
...Penton, 28, of 61 Loretta Rd., arrested on a warrant charge for possession of marijuana Sunday, May 12 John Kenney, 18, of 99 Bacon St., arrested on a warrant charge for assault and battery. Victoria Debarros, 17, of 40 Lyman St., arrested...
Daily News Tribune, May 18, 2013
...Road was arrested on May 11 as he was wanted on a warrant that charged possession of marijuana. John Kenney, 18, of Bacon Street was arrested on May 12, as he was wanted on a warrant that charged assault and battery. Victoria Debarros, 17, of Lyman...
TMC Net, May 17, 2013
...Va., May 17 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,442,174) developed by John Kenney, West Windsor, N.J., and Declan Dalton, Ballyneety, Ireland, for an "apparatus and method for rotational frequency detection." The abstract of...