Author Archives: nancohen

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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“From the Lost Notebook: 11 & 13” in Tupelo Quarterly

Posted on August 27, 2022 by nancohen

In issue #27 of Tupelo Quarterly, two more “From the Lost Notebook” poems: “From the Lost Notebook 11 (Central Old French” and “From the Lost Notebook 13 (seeing at nanoscale).” This striking cover image of a raven perched at the … Continue reading →

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New poems in Terrain.org and The Night Heron Barks

Posted on June 29, 2022 by nancohen

Just catching up on some recently published poems. It’s my first appearance in both of these outlets, and I’m really delighted by both of them, having admired each for a long time: “Meteor Crater,” “Cabin,” and “Feel” in Terrain.org. This … Continue reading →

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“Overheard: ‘We are all God’s poems'”

Posted on April 1, 2022 by nancohen

Written in response to an anthology prompt, this poem appears on the first day of National Poetry Month in EcoTheo Review: “Overheard: ‘We are all God’s poems’”

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Essay on the new translation of Bambi, in Electric Literature

Posted on February 26, 2022 by nancohen

Jack Zipes’s new translation, which came out this week, emphasizes Felix Salten’s 1923 novel’s evocation of the plight of European Jews. (The Nazis banned the novel in 1936 as a “political allegory.”) I was fascinated to reread the novel through … Continue reading →

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Thousand-Year-Old-Words

Posted on December 3, 2021 by nancohen

My chapbook Thousand-Year-Old Words is out now from Glass Lyre Press. You can order it from their website, from Bookshop.org, or obtain a signed copy by sending me a message using the Contact link above.

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“To Feel Something That Was Not Of Our World” in The Curator

Posted on November 14, 2021 by nancohen

An essay about Nina Katchadourian’s extraordinary exhibition To Feel Something That Was Not Of Our World.

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“The Partitive Case” in DMQ Review

Posted on October 17, 2021 by nancohen

This amazing image by Margeaux Walter accompanies “The Partitive Case” in the prose poem issue of DMQ Review.

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