Joshua Cohen (writer)
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Joshua Aaron Cohen is an American novelist and writer of stories.
, The Forward
, Nextbook
, Tablet Magazine
, Triple Canopy (online magazine)
, Denver Quarterly
, The Believer
, Harper's, The New York Observer, The London Review of Books, N+1 online
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Novels
- WitzWitz (novel)- Characters :* Benjamin Israelien, son of* Israel and Hanna Israelien* Isaac Israelien, father of Israel- Plot summary :In Witz, Joshua Cohen calls all religious Jews "Affiliated". After the sabbath meal a week before Christmas, Benjamin is born to Israel and Hanna Israelien in Joysey, the first...
(2010, Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
) - A Heaven of Others (2008), second edition 2010,
- Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto (2007, Fugue State PressFugue State PressFugue State Press is a small New York City fiction publisher, specializing in the experimental novel. It has published twenty titles to date, including work by Joshua Cohen, Noah Cicero, Shane Jones, Ben Brooks, James Chapman, Prakash Kona, Eckhard Gerdes, André Malraux, W. B. Keckler, Vi Khi...
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Story Collections
- Four New Messages (forthcoming 2012, Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
) - Bridge & Tunnel (& Tunnel & Bridge) (2010),
- Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed (Six Gallery)
- The Quorum (2005),
Stories
- Cohen maintains a geniza, a repository of fictional fragment.
- Imaginary Appreciations of Myself as Hebrew Poet appeared in the Memoir Issue (2011) of Guernica MagazineGuernica MagazineGuernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics is a biweekly online site that publishes art and photography, fiction, and poetry, from around the world, along with nonfiction such as letters from abroad, investigative pieces and opinion pieces on international affairs and U.S. domestic policy...
. - Emission appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of The Paris Review.
Essays
Essays have appeared in BookforumBookforum
Bookforum is a New York-based magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature. It is edited by Albert Mobilio, Chris Lehmann, , and Michael Miller.-History: Bookforum was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to Artforum...
, The Forward
The Forward
The Forward , commonly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York City. The publication began in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily issued by dissidents from the Socialist Labor Party of Daniel DeLeon...
, Nextbook
Nextbook
Nextbook is a nonprofit, Jewish organization founded in 2003 to promote Jewish literature, culture, and ideas. The organization sponsors public lectures, commissions books on Jewish topics, and publishes an online magazine, Tablet Magazine....
, Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine is a two-time National Magazine Award-winning online publication of Jewish life, arts, and ideas. Sponsored by Nextbook, it was launched in June 2009. Its Editor in Chief is Alana Newhouse....
, Triple Canopy (online magazine)
Triple Canopy (online magazine)
Triple Canopy is an online magazine, which was first published in 2008. In an effort to "slow down the Internet," the magazine curates and facilitates new media projects, which engage with the formal possibilities of the web. Its content ranges from art and literature to essays and critical theory...
, Denver Quarterly
Denver Quarterly
The Denver Quarterly is a literary journal based at the University of Denver. Founded in 1966 by novelist John Williams.-Best American Short Stories:...
, The Believer
The Believer (magazine)
The Believer is a United States literary magazine that also covers other arts and general culture. Founded and designed in 2003 by the writer and publisher Dave Eggers, it is edited by Vendela Vida, Heidi Julavits and Ed Park...
, Harper's, The New York Observer, The London Review of Books, N+1 online
N+1
n+1 is a New York–based American literary magazine that publishes social criticism, political commentary, essays, art, poetry, book reviews, and short fiction. It is published three times each year, and content is published on several times each week...
, Guernica Magazine
Guernica Magazine
Guernica / A Magazine of Art and Politics is a biweekly online site that publishes art and photography, fiction, and poetry, from around the world, along with nonfiction such as letters from abroad, investigative pieces and opinion pieces on international affairs and U.S. domestic policy...
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- Cohen wrote the introduction to Landscape in Concrete by Jakov LindJakov LindJakov Lind was an Austrian-British writer. As an 11-year old boy from a Jewish family, he left Austria after the Anschluss , found temporary refuge in Holland, and succeeded in surviving inside Nazi Germany by assuming a Dutch...
, published by Open Letter Books in March 2009. - "Thirty-Six Shades of Prussian Blue" an illustrated portrait/"blueprint" of the color in Triple Canopy (online magazine)Triple Canopy (online magazine)Triple Canopy is an online magazine, which was first published in 2008. In an effort to "slow down the Internet," the magazine curates and facilitates new media projects, which engage with the formal possibilities of the web. Its content ranges from art and literature to essays and critical theory...
. - "An Offering to the Priests of Yiddish", an article on Lamed ShapiroLamed ShapiroLevi Yehoshua Shapiro , better known as "Lamed Shapiro", , was an American Yiddish-language writer.-Biography:...
in the Jewish Daily Forward. (May 2007)