strangers Archives - Esther Cohen

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I AM TEACHING GOOD STORIES THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOBART FESTIVAL FOR OMEN WRITERS

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

FOUNDED BY BREENA AND CHERYL CLARKE. HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED: A while ago Hobartten years maybe more my friend Amy was invited to be guest agent in New Me...

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Home from The Azores (Part One)

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 4 Comments

Funny what people say when they come back from vacation. Usually a version of It Was Great. Or Great But. I’ve always been obsessed with What We See and ...

Poetry/strangers/words/writing

What Can Happen

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 7 Comments

(AND Joy Harjo is the new Poet Laureate!!!) If I could and why can’t I I would I would I would without the slightest pause of doubt without even a ...

PETER Made a Movie/strangers/travel

Going to Palm Springs to the Film Festival (1, 2, 3)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

Ride to the Airport Jaime from Cuenca not Quito came an hour early. We were ready to hear he has two concurrent girlfriends in Queens and Brazil. Though...

Good Stories/strangers

What Janet Said on the Subway Yesterday

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

You’re big too Janet from Jamaica said to me yesterday subway strangers until she told me her mother was 6 feet tall father just 4’10” 50 ...

Poetry/strangers

Every Poem is a Puzzle

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

Every poem is a puzzle every puzzle a poem Sarah Jane Lapp she makes puzzles I met her because she sent me a postcard years ago about a project she did on the D...