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Joshua Cohen

Joshua Cohen is the author of Witz, The Heav­en of Oth­ers, The Quo­rum, Caden­za for the Schnei­der­mann Vio­lin Con­cer­to, among oth­er titles.

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30 Days, 30 Authors: Joshua Cohen

Cel­e­brate Jew­ish Book Month with #30days30authors! In hon­or of the 90th anniver­sary of Fan­ny Gold­stein’s trib­ute to Jew­ish books in the West End’s branch of the Boston…
Joshua Cohen
November 21, 2015
Essay

The Doomed Generation

Joshua Cohen​’s most recent nov­el, Book of Num­bers, will be pub­lished this week by Ran­dom House. He is blog­ging here today for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe…
Joshua Cohen
June 8, 2015
Interview

Self-Sur­veil­lance

In this week’s install­ment of the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Tay­lor exchanged ideas around book pro­mo­tion, mate­ri­als of writ­ing, and the devo­lu­tion of…
Joshua Cohen, Justin Tay­lor
August 10, 2012
Interview

Qual­i­ty Grumbling

In this install­ment of the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Tay­lor exchange ideas around book pro­mo­tion, mate­ri­als of writ­ing, and the devo­lu­tion of the…
Joshua Cohen, Justin Tay­lor
August 8, 2012
Interview

Pro­mowork: A Nec­es­sary Evil

In this install­ment of the Vis­it­ing Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Tay­lor exchange ideas around book pro­mo­tion, mate­ri­als of writ­ing, and the devo­lu­tion of the…
Joshua Cohen, Justin Tay­lor
August 6, 2012
Essay

A Para­ble for Writing

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Cohen told us how to write a book like Coney Island and about the biggest ceme­tery in the world. His new nov­el, Witz, is…
Joshua Cohen
June 4, 2010
Essay

The Biggest Ceme­tery in the World

Yes­ter­day, Joshua Cohen told us how to write a book like Coney Island. His new nov­el, Witz, is now available.This sec­ond blog­post is about two expe­ri­ences…
Joshua Cohen
June 2, 2010
Essay

Writ­ing a Book Like Coney Island…

Joshua Cohen​’s most recent nov­el, Witz, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing​‘s Vis­it­ing…
Joshua Cohen
June 1, 2010
Fic­tion
Mov­ing Kings: A Novel
Joshua Cohen
Fic­tion
Book of Num­bers: A Novel
Joshua Cohen
Fic­tion
Four New Messages
Joshua Cohen
Fic­tion
A Heav­en of Others
Joshua Cohen
Fic­tion
Witz
Joshua Cohen
Fic­tion
The Quo­rum
Joshua Cohen
Non­fic­tion
Ponary Diary, July 1941-Novem­ber 1943: A Bystander’s Account of a Mass Murder
Kazimierz Sakowicz, Yitzhak Arad, ed.
Poet­ry
Drunk From the Bit­ter Truth: The Poems of Anna Margoloin
Anna Margolin, Shirley Kumove, trans.
Poet­ry
Select­ed Poet­ry and Drama
Lea Goldberg; Rachel Tzvia Back, T. Carmi, trans.
Fic­tion
The Last Jew
Yoram Kaniuk; Barbara Harshav, trans.
Interview

Ten Ques­tions for Joshua Cohen

In its review of Four New Mes­sages the New York Times said of Joshua Cohen, ​“he’ll make you want to be an angel investor in his stuff. What’s a book but…
Bob Gold­farb
August 29, 2012
News

Stray Ques­tions for…Joshua Cohen

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterJoshua Cohen at The Can­dle­stick Read­ings in BrooklynJoshua Cohen (Witz) on The New York Times Paper Cuts Blog, where he…
JBC Staff
May 14, 2010

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