Role Novelist Name Joshua Cohen | Period Contemporary Nationality United States | |
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Genre Jewish, Literature, Speculative Fiction Books Witz, Four New Messages, A heaven of others, Cadenza for the Schneide, Attention!: A (short) History Similar People Lani Guinier, Philippe Van Parijs, John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin | ||
Occupation novelist, story writer | ||
How to write listen to your animal impulses a lesson from joshua cohen
Joshua Aaron Cohen (born September 6, 1980) is an American novelist and story writer.
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- How to write listen to your animal impulses a lesson from joshua cohen
- Joshua cohen moving kings
- Life
- Work and career
- References
Joshua cohen moving kings
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.
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.
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. 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.