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Kim Kelly is a freelance journalist, author, and public speaker. She is currently a labor writer for In These Times, and has been a regular labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018. Her writing on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in The Nation, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Baffler, Fast Company, and Esquire, among many others. Kelly has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV. Her critically acclaimed first book, FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor, is now available from One Signal/Simon & Schuster. She currently lives in Philadelphia with a hard-workin’ man, a couple of taxidermy bears, and way too many books.
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
I was born and raised in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, in the heart of the the Pinelands National Reserve. My entire family are avid outdoorsmen, and a deep reverence for nature runs in my blood. Though I’ve spent most of my adult life living in cities, I’m still most comfortable in rural and wild places, and take every opportunity to emphasize their importance in my work as a journalist and author.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
Do no harm, and leave everything in better shape than when you got there.
