Joshua Cohen (writer)
| Joshua Cohen | |
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| Born |
1980 Somers Point, New Jersey |
| Occupation | novelist, story writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Jewish, Literature, Speculative Fiction |
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Joshua Aaron Cohen (born September 6, 1980) is an American novelist and story writer.
Life
Cohen was born in New Jersey, and grew up in its Atlantic City. He currently lives in Red Hook. He reads both German and Hebrew and has translated works in both languages into English.[1]
Work and career
He attended the Manhattan School of Music and studied composition. Cohen does not have an MFA, and has expressed disdain for the degree. In 2017, Granta Magazine named him to its decennial list of the Best Young American Writers.[2]
Cohen's works have received acclaim. Witz was named a Best Book of 2010 by The Village Voice. Four New Messages was named a Best Book of 2012 by The New Yorker.[3] Book of Numbers was named a Best Book of 2015 by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and New York Magazine.
His essays have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, The Jewish Daily Forward, Nextbook, Tablet Magazine, Triple Canopy (online magazine), Denver Quarterly, The Believer, The New York Observer, The London Review of Books, N+1 online, Guernica Magazine', and elsewhere.
Cohen is the New Books critic for Harper's.
Bibliography
Novels
- Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto (2007)
- A Heaven of Others (2008) (completed in 2004)
- Witz (2010)
- Book of Numbers (2015)
- Moving Kings (2017)
Online Only
- "PCKWCK" (2015) (The world's first live-written novel)[4]
About "PCKWCK": The Daily Dot, The Believer.
Short fiction
Collections
- The Quorum (2005) (completed in 2001)[5]
- Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed (2007)
- Bridge & Tunnel (& Tunnel & Bridge) (2010)
- Four New Messages (2012)
Stories
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| Emission | 2011 | Cohen, Joshua (Spring 2011). "Emission". The Paris Review. 196. | Cohen, Joshua (2013). "Emission". In Henderson, Bill. The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 236–271. |
- Imaginary Appreciations of Myself as Hebrew Poet appeared in the Memoir Issue (2011) of Guernica Magazine.[6]
- McDonald's appeared in the May 2012 issue of Triple Canopy (online magazine).[7]
- The College Borough appeared in the July 2012 issue of Harper's.[8]
- "Fat" appeared in the December 7, 2012 edition of Tablet Magazine.[9]
Nonfiction
- Attention! A (Short) History (2013)
Book reviews
| Date | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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| November 2012 | "New books". Reviews. Harper's Magazine. 325 (1950): 83–85. November 2012. |
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References
- ↑ Alter, Alexandra (12 June 2015). "Nothing to Hide and Nowhere to Hide It in Joshua Cohen’s Internet Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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- ↑ http://pckwck.com/
- ↑ http://forward.com/articles/12481/the-wrong-heaven-/
- ↑ guernicamag.com
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External links
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- Official website
- The New York Times
- The New York Times
- Time Out New York
- Barnes & Noble Review
- New Haven Review
- The Nation