Author Archives: nancohen

Worry

Posted on February 22, 2025 by nancohen

The erudite and entertaining Substack Foul Copy gave a shoutout to my poem “Worry” (from Thousand-Year-Old Words) in the post “Warts and Beads: On Worry”. It’s a fascinating post, looping through the history and perambulations of the word with the … Continue reading →

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“From the Lost Notebook” poems in Bennington Review

Posted on January 29, 2025 by nancohen

In the beautiful Issue 13 of Bennington Review, titled “Family Gathering,” I have three “From the Lost Notebook” poems (#2, 10, and 20). As of this posting, “From the Lost Notebook 20” is available online, and you can order the … Continue reading →

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“Love and the Moon” on The Slowdown (Episode #1059)

Posted on February 25, 2024 by nancohen

My poem “Love and the Moon” was featured on the February 8, 2024, episode of the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown, with a touching introduction by host Major Jackson. You can listen or read the transcript here.

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“Speech Crush”: An Interview with Sandra McPherson in Poetry Northwest

Posted on January 24, 2024 by nancohen

I forgot to post this when it went up: an interview with Sandra McPherson on the publication of her 22nd poetry collection, Speech Crush.

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Review of Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an Unsung Master, edited by Dana Levin and Adele Elise Williams

Posted on July 11, 2023 by nancohen

I was so happy to review this selection of Bert Meyers’ poems and essays on his work, which is part of the Unsung Masters series of Pleiades Press. The review appears in the June issue of RHINO Reviews.

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Review of Gerald Stern’s I.

Posted on April 30, 2023 by nancohen

A review for Jewish Book Council of Stern’s long poetic sequence, a “continuation” of the Book of Isaiah.

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Review of Between Paradise and Earth: Eve Poems

Posted on April 14, 2023 by nancohen

I reviewed a new anthology, Between Paradise and Earth: Eve Poems, edited by Nomi Stone and Luke Hankins (Orison Books), for Jewish Book Council. Read it here.

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Regarding the Line

Posted on November 18, 2022 by nancohen

Excerpts of this piece appeared in the “Cataloging the Line” edition of Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets. It contains some thoughts about lineation and what I often describe as “the tension of the sentence against the line.” … Continue reading →

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“Subway Elegy” in Beloit Poetry Journal

Posted on November 9, 2022 by nancohen

This is a wonderful issue of Beloit Poetry Journal and it’s an honor to be in it! The poem appears on Verse Daily today. I actually have two poems titled “Subway Elegy” in my current book manuscript. This is (at … Continue reading →

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On Lea Feinstein’s PAGES, in The Curator

Posted on September 28, 2022 by nancohen

Really delighted to have another art piece in The Curator: “Lea Feinstein’s PAGES,” about the extraordinary text-based works Lea Feinstein has been making. It was a great joy to go to her studio one afternoon this past February to watch … Continue reading →

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