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'''Nancy Eve Cohen''' (born 1968 [[Chicago]]) is an American [[poet]] and poetry director of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.
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'''Nan Cohen''' (born 1968) is an American poet and teacher. She has published two poetry collections, ''Rope Bridge'' and ''Unfinished City''.


==Life==
==Life==
She was raised in [[Reisterstown, Maryland]], and graduated from [[Yale University]] and the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name=sly>[http://www.edwardsly.com/cohennan.htm] Web page titled "Nan Cohen", accessed November 19, 2006</ref>
She was raised in [[Reisterstown, Maryland]], and graduated from [[Yale University]] and the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="sly">[http://www.edwardsly.com/cohennan.htm] Web page titled "Nan Cohen", accessed November 19, 2006 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102021256/http://www.edwardsly.com/cohennan.htm|date=November 2, 2006}}</ref>


Her first book of poems, ''Rope Bridge'', was published by Cherry Grove in 2005.
Her poetry collections are ''Rope Bridge'' (Cherry Grove, 2005) and ''Unfinished City'' (Gunpowder Press, 2007).
Cohen's poems have appeared in ''[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]]'', ''[[Poetry International (magazine)|Poetry International]]'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', ''The Prentice-Hall Anthology of Women's Literature'',<ref name=nea/> ''[[Ploughshares]]''<ref name="plow">[http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=6996] Web site for ''Ploughshares'', Web page titled "Authors and articles ... Nan Cohen", Web page last updated "09/08/06", accessed November 19, 2006</ref> ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Western Humanities Review'', ''Nimrod'', ''The San Francisco Review'', ''Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'',<ref name=sly/> and other magazines and anthologies.


Cohen has taught literature and creative writing at Viewpoint School, community college, and university levels, at the Stanford Medical School,<ref name=sly/> and in the [[Master of Professional Writing Program]] at the [[University of Southern California]]. Since 2003, she has served as the poetry director of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference. In 2017, she competed in the ''Jeopardy!'' Teachers Tournament, finishing as first runner-up. She lives with her husband and daughter in [[Los Angeles]].
Cohen's poems have appeared in ''[[Tikkun (magazine)|Tikkun]]'', ''[[Poetry International]]'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', ''The Prentice-Hall Anthology of Women's Literature'',<ref name=nea/> ''[[Ploughshares]]''<ref name=plow>[http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=6996] Web site for ''Ploughshares'', Web page titled "Authors and articles ... Nan Cohen", Web page last updated "09/08/06", accessed November 19, 2006</ref> ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Western Humanities Review'', ''Nimrod'', ''The San Francisco Review'', ''Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'',<ref name=sly/> and other magazines and anthologies.

Cohen has taught literature and creative writing at Viewpoint High School, community college, and university levels, and at the Stanford Medical School.<ref name=sly/> She currently teaches poetry in the [[Master of Professional Writing Program]] at the [[University of Southern California]]. She lives with her husband and daughter in [[Los Angeles]].


==Awards==
==Awards==
Her awards and honors include a 2003 NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Fellowship and a [[Rona Jaffe Writer's Award]].<ref name=plow/> She also has received a [[Stegner Fellowship]] and [[Jones Lectureship]] in poetry at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=nea>[http://arts.endow.gov/features/Writers/Cohen.html] National Endowment of the Arts Web site, Web page titled "Writer's Corner", accessed November 19, 2006</ref>
Her awards and honors include a 2003 NEA ([[National Endowment for the Arts]]) Fellowship and a 2005 [[Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award]].<ref name=plow/> She also has received a [[Stegner Fellowship]] and [[Jones Lectureship]] in poetry at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="nea">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060924041247/http://www.arts.endow.gov/features/writers/Cohen.html] National Endowment of the Arts Web site, Web page titled "Writer's Corner", accessed November 19, 2006</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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*[http://www.cherry-grove.com/cohen_poems.html "A Northern Winter", "Rope Bridge", "Distinguished Poet of a Small Country", "Horatio", ''Cherry Grove'']
*[http://www.cherry-grove.com/cohen_poems.html "A Northern Winter", "Rope Bridge", "Distinguished Poet of a Small Country", "Horatio", ''Cherry Grove'']
*[http://www.versedaily.org/2005/girder.shtml "Girder", ''Verse Daily'']
*[http://www.versedaily.org/2005/girder.shtml "Girder", ''Verse Daily'']

*{{cite book| title=Rope Bridge| publisher= Wordtech Communications | date=March 2005| isbn=978-1-932339-77-2 }}
*{{cite book| title=Rope Bridge| publisher= Wordtech Communications | date=March 2005| isbn=978-1-932339-77-2 }}


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://nancohen.wordpress.com/ "Author's blog"]
*[http://nancohen.wordpress.com/ "Author's blog"]
*[http://arts.endow.gov/features/Writers/Cohen.html] "Rope Bridge" {{dead link|date=January 2010}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060924041247/http://www.arts.endow.gov/features/writers/Cohen.html] "Rope Bridge"
*[http://www.napawritersconference.org/ Napa Writer's Conference]
*[http://www.napawritersconference.org/ Napa Writer's Conference]


===''Ploughshares {{dead link|date=January 2010}}''===
===''Ploughshares''===
*[http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=8184] "Abraham and Isaac I"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060104171232/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=8184] "Abraham and Isaac I"
*[http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=8235] "Abraham and Isaac: II"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060104172920/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=8235] "Abraham and Isaac: II"

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Latest revision as of 03:49, 19 May 2024

Nan Cohen
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Occupation
  • Poet
  • educator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
University of California, Los Angeles
Notable awardsRona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award (2005)
Children1

Nan Cohen (born 1968) is an American poet and teacher. She has published two poetry collections, Rope Bridge and Unfinished City.

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She was raised in Reisterstown, Maryland, and graduated from Yale University and the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]

Her poetry collections are Rope Bridge (Cherry Grove, 2005) and Unfinished City (Gunpowder Press, 2007). Cohen's poems have appeared in Tikkun, Poetry International, Prairie Schooner, The Prentice-Hall Anthology of Women's Literature,[2] Ploughshares[3] Prairie Schooner, Western Humanities Review, Nimrod, The San Francisco Review, Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review, Hayden's Ferry Review,[1] and other magazines and anthologies.

Cohen has taught literature and creative writing at Viewpoint School, community college, and university levels, at the Stanford Medical School,[1] and in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. Since 2003, she has served as the poetry director of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference. In 2017, she competed in the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament, finishing as first runner-up. She lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles.

Awards

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Her awards and honors include a 2003 NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Fellowship and a 2005 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award.[3] She also has received a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship in poetry at Stanford University.[2]

Works

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  • "A Newborn Girl at Passover", poemhunter
  • "A Northern Winter", "Rope Bridge", "Distinguished Poet of a Small Country", "Horatio", Cherry Grove
  • "Girder", Verse Daily
  • Rope Bridge. Wordtech Communications. March 2005. ISBN 978-1-932339-77-2.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c [1] Web page titled "Nan Cohen", accessed November 19, 2006 Archived November 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b [2] National Endowment of the Arts Web site, Web page titled "Writer's Corner", accessed November 19, 2006
  3. ^ a b [3] Web site for Ploughshares, Web page titled "Authors and articles ... Nan Cohen", Web page last updated "09/08/06", accessed November 19, 2006
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Ploughshares

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  • [5] "Abraham and Isaac I"
  • [6] "Abraham and Isaac: II"