travel Archives - Esther Cohen

Ecuador

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 0 Comment

We were supposed to spend this week in Ecuador little like Peru friends said we loved Peru last Saturday in a bar in Mystic Connecticut before Peter’s sc...

Poetry/strangers/travel/TRUE/words/writing

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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Plan B (Real Meditations)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 8 Comments

Still summer. Don’t worry that summer will be over. Summer is never over. Memory is as real as summer. My father bought a beach house with his Cornell ...

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Going to the AZORES (3,4,5,6)

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 6 Comments

3 Five hour flight to San Miguel biggest island of 9. We’ll stay there this time. Watched Big Little Farm Amy Sedaris and Doctor Ruth. They all had th...

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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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We Are Going to the Azores Today

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Esther Cohen / 10 Comments

Dear Reader Occasional or Always of These and Other People’s Poems, We are going to the Azores today. I mispronounce these Portuguese islands 1,000 miles...