Author Archives: nancohen

Automatic Slurpee

Posted on September 22, 2014 by nancohen

Like the people on the TV show Parks and Recreation–or so I gather–we sometimes stumble across odd phrases we think would make good band names.  Two that came up recently: the Poison Lollipops and Automatic Slurpee.  (The former from a bowl … Continue reading →

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Fuse

Posted on September 21, 2014 by nancohen

So it really was a broken air conditioner, or rather a blown fuse in the air conditioner.  It’s fixed now.  We survived. We spent one night at my mother’s because our house, after being closed up all day while we were … Continue reading →

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“So thou through windows of thine age shalt see…”

Posted on September 14, 2014 by nancohen

It’s 104 degrees outside right now, and the air conditioning is not able to keep up–this afternoon the interior temperature has risen from 78 to 85 over the last few hours.  Our fingers are crossed for the system to hold up … Continue reading →

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Interview with Matthew Henerson

Posted on August 31, 2014 by nancohen

Matt is working on a film project with a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), so I have Agreed to Not Disclose anything about it here.  But later on he’s planning to go down to San Diego to play Fluellen and the Archbishop … Continue reading →

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Dramaticules, by Brighde Mullins

Posted on June 6, 2014 by nancohen

My friend and former boss, playwright and poet Brighde Mullins, has a new blog about literature, plays, Los Angeles, and who knows what else.  Anything she writes about will be interesting. Here’s a recent post by Brighde on endings, “How … Continue reading →

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“Enough”

Posted on April 6, 2014 by nancohen

At Viewpoint School, we have “5Up,” a lunchtime series of short talks by members of the school community–students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends.  I gave one in February, and it recently went up on the school’s YouTube channel.  Because … Continue reading →

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The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark (Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013)

Posted on September 1, 2013 by nancohen

“The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark” (from Granta) shows you how good even the minor poems of a tremendous poet can be.

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Catching up

Posted on March 21, 2013 by nancohen

Random bullets of not having posted on the blog in months (RBONHPOTBIM): My poem “The Fear of the Dark” appeared on Slate a few weeks ago. (Wow!) We’re busy receiving and reading applications for the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference.  We … Continue reading →

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“Storm” in The New Republic

Posted on January 5, 2013 by nancohen

My poem “Storm” appeared in the December 31, 2012, issue of The New Republic, embedded in Paul Starr’s review of The Signal and the Noise, by Nate Silver. Other poems in the issue: Benjamin Glassman’s “Sentimental Death Text Variation” and Allison Lemnos’ “Waiting … Continue reading →

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This blog is not about reality TV, but

Posted on December 2, 2012 by nancohen

apropos of my post about MasterChef awhile back, I wanted to share Andrea Siegel’s New York Times Magazine piece “The Life Lessons Hidden in Reality TV.”  I particularly liked the first section, on Survivor, although I think I’ve seen maybe one episode during its … Continue reading →

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