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May 27, 2021

Q&A: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary, and 100th Issue, of Poetry East Magazine

May 27, 2021/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary, and 100th Issue, of Poetry East Magazine

In the notoriously fleeting world of poetry publications, the journal’s record of sustained excellence is remarkable

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May 27, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Poetry, Poetry Magazines
April 24, 2021

Q and A: Elizabeth McCracken Talks About Writing in the Pandemic, Language, and More

April 24, 2021/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Elizabeth McCracken Talks About Writing in the Pandemic, Language, and More

And Why Her Parents Were, Together, a ‘Sight Gag’

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April 24, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Elizabeth McCracken, Writing in Pandemic
March 20, 2021

Q and A: Novelist Marcia Butler on the Writer's Process, Finding Inspiration, and Moose

March 20, 2021/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Novelist Marcia Butler on the Writer's Process, Finding Inspiration, and Moose

And How Writing a Novel Changes the Author

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March 20, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Novel Writing, Fiction
March 06, 2021

Q and A: Barbara Mahany on Essay Writing vs. Journalism, Winter, and Interfaith Families

March 06, 2021/ Adam Cohen

And Her Son’s Rules about When She Can Write About Him

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March 06, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Winter, Essay Writing, The Seasons
January 28, 2021

Q&A: Amy Schwartz on Whether Robots Can Be Jewish, and Other Spiritual Quandaries

January 28, 2021/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Amy Schwartz on Whether Robots Can Be Jewish, and Other Spiritual Quandaries

The Answer on Jewish Robots is "It Depends," of Course!

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January 28, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Judaism, Rabbis, Robots
December 23, 2020

Q and A: Joe Drape on His New Book About a Campaign to Recognize an American Saint

December 23, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Joe Drape on His New Book About a Campaign to Recognize an American Saint

War Hero Father Emil Kapaun of Kansas Was an Extraordinary ‘Ordinary Man’

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December 23, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Saints, Father Kapaun, Kansas, Catholicism
December 03, 2020

Q AND A: Talking with Susan Minot About Why She Writes -- and Her New Story Collection

December 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q AND A: Talking with Susan Minot About Why She Writes -- and Her New Story Collection

‘You want to convey what it’s like to be alive, or to articulate how mysteriously disturbing life can be.’

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December 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Susan Minot, Writing
October 16, 2020

Q and A: On Reimagining the New Testament as an Allegorical Horror Story

October 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: On Reimagining the New Testament as an Allegorical Horror Story

Adam McOmber Has a Very Different Take on the Story of Jesus’s Life and Death

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October 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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The New Testament, Life of Jesus
September 03, 2020

Q and A: Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, President Trump's Anti-Immigrant Pitbull

September 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, President Trump's Anti-Immigrant Pitbull

She Discovered that ‘Miller grew up in a family that was a lot like Trump’s’

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September 03, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Stephen Miller, Immigration
August 27, 2020

Q and A: Lisa Napoli Talks About Her Book on Ted Turner and the Birth of CNN

August 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Lisa Napoli Talks About Her Book on Ted Turner and the Birth of CNN

The Highly Improvised Cable News Network Seemed Like a Crazy Idea When It Launched

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August 27, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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CNN, Ted Turner, Cable News
August 14, 2020

Q&A: Arshay Cooper Talks About America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

August 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Arshay Cooper Talks About America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team

Escaping a Rough Chicago Neighborhood for the Lure of the Open Water

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August 14, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Rowing, Crew, Chicago
June 19, 2020

Q and A: Talking with Scott Spencer About Unrequited Love, Writing Structure, and More

June 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Talking with Scott Spencer About Unrequited Love, Writing Structure, and More

The Author of Endless Love Discusses His New Novel, An Ocean Without a Shore

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June 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Gay Literature, Scott Spencer
May 29, 2020

Q and A: Anne Lamott and Janine Urbaniak Reid on When Life Takes a Tragic Turn

May 29, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Anne Lamott and Janine Urbaniak Reid on When Life Takes a Tragic Turn

What to Do When the Ground Underfoot is Not Bedrock, and the Sky Above is Not Predicable

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May 29, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Childhood Cancer, Memoirs, Uncertainty
May 01, 2020

Q and A: Martha Ackmann Talks Emily Dickinson, Writing in a Cabin, and More

May 01, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Martha Ackmann Talks Emily Dickinson, Writing in a Cabin, and More

And How if Feels to Write a Book that Becomes a Broadway Play

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May 01, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Cabins
April 16, 2020

Q and A: Steve De Jarnatt on His Debut Story Collection, 'Grace for Grace'

April 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Steve De Jarnatt on His Debut Story Collection, 'Grace for Grace'

‘I Decided to Get off the Hollywood Train Before it got too Bleak and Went Back to School to Learn the Craft of Fiction’

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April 16, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Short Stories, Screenwriting, Chicago
April 05, 2020

Q&A: Poet Wesley McNair on His New 63-Page Poem, His Family, and Trump

April 05, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Poet Wesley McNair on His New 63-Page Poem, His Family, and Trump

‘Dwellers in the House of the Lord’ Melds Two Stories About Love

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April 05, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Poetry, Wesley McNair, Maine
February 06, 2020

Q and A: Two N.Y. Times Reporters Talk About their Investigative Book about Brett Kavanaugh

February 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Two N.Y. Times Reporters Talk About their Investigative Book about Brett Kavanaugh

On Collaboration, Shoeleather Reporting — and All of those Greek and Latin Chapter Names

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February 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court, Me Too
January 17, 2020

Q and A: Award-Winning Writer Anne Fadiman on Her Famous Father (And Other Topics)

January 17, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Award-Winning Writer Anne Fadiman on Her Famous Father (And Other Topics)

On the Occasion of the Re-Release of His Classic Children’s Book, ‘Wally the Wordworm’

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January 17, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Clifton Fadiman, Children's Literature
December 20, 2019

Q and A: Kerri Greendige Talks About Black Radicalism, Writing History, and Family

December 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Kerri Greendige Talks About Black Radicalism, Writing History, and Family

And the Subject of Her New Book, William Monroe Trotter, Who Said, “Agitate, Agitate, Agitate”

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December 20, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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William Monroe Trotter, Civil Rights, Black Radicalism
December 06, 2019

Q&A: Exploring the Strange World of Trump's Mar-a-Lago, and the Rest of Palm Beach

December 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Exploring the Strange World of Trump's Mar-a-Lago, and the Rest of Palm Beach

Les Standiford Talks About His New Book on the Rise and Rise of Florida’s Toniest Enclave

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December 06, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago
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