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How Do You Find Something to Write About (Bill) (COVID)

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

In class yesterday a woman named Marilyn said How Do You Find Subjects to Write About. I suggested to Marilyn we know one another just a little on Zoom  she tak...

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Lists, or Amanda Gorman is Amazing (COVID)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

Yesterday Dan said  he likes list poems.  Me too.  America likes poets at least this week because Amanda Gorman is amazing, and I, in honor of the strength of A...

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Prove Your Humanity (COVID)

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

Sometimes when I log onto my computer saying those same words for years for years log on could be better words when I enter as always this amorphous  all too re...

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What Happens Every Day (COVID)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

We write lists of movies and TV shows other people tell us to watch:  Borgen on every list. I find poems each day to read out loud and Peter works on his movie ...

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I Didn’t Write a Poem Today (COVID)

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

Because Bhanu wrote an email about her mother’s Punjabi sitcoms and because her mother has dementia now and because Breena and I talked about her new book...

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Horton Foote Podcast (COVID)

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 0 Comment

http://www.hortonbythestream.org/?fbclid=IwAR00WEjzH2vQ7VP5Sg8vEJf1-YhL3S5Fg-Vra7fbyYt2BljEfoEVH0twaBA   Dear Friends,  One of my favorite favorite writers...

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