strangers Archives - Esther Cohen

Would You Hire Her? Not Me.

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 4 Comments

Dear Person Who Needs An Assistant: I AM SURE I CAN HELP YOU NO MATTER WHAT. Here’s Who I Am: An Experienced (Very) Project Manager and Process Pr...

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How to Get More Readers For My Poems

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 7 Comments

Yesterday while I was waiting for the C train going downtown I asked a woman on the bench sitting next to me something I liked about her although I couldn’...

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I Don’t Like Poems

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

except if they rhyme said a woman on the crosstown bus on 79th Street named Alice who asked What I Do and I said I write poems every day more or less but she do...

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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 ...

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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 ...