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|alma_mater=[[Yale University]]<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]] |
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|awards=[[Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award]] (2005) |
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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''. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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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 |
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> |
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Her poetry collections are ''Rope Bridge'' (Cherry Grove, 2005) and ''Unfinished City'' (Gunpowder Press, 2007). |
Her poetry collections are ''Rope Bridge'' (Cherry Grove, 2005) and ''Unfinished City'' (Gunpowder Press, 2007). |
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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'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. |
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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]]. In 2017, she competed in the |
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]]. |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Her awards and honors include a 2003 NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Fellowship and a [[Rona Jaffe |
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> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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[[Category:Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners]] |
[[Category:Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American poets]] |
[[Category:21st-century American poets]] |
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[[Category:Contestants on American game shows]] |
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[[Category:American women academics]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American women writers]] |
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Latest revision as of 03:49, 19 May 2024
Nan Cohen | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University University of California, Los Angeles |
| Notable awards | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award (2005) |
| Children | 1 |
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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[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- ^ a b c [1] Web page titled "Nan Cohen", accessed November 19, 2006 Archived November 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b [2] National Endowment of the Arts Web site, Web page titled "Writer's Corner", accessed November 19, 2006
- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- "Author's blog"
- [4] "Rope Bridge"
- Napa Writer's Conference
Ploughshares
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Kategorien:
- Writers from Chicago
- University of Southern California faculty
- Yale University alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American women poets
- People from Reistertown, Maryland
- Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners
- 21st-century American poets
- Contestants on American game shows
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women writers