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Emma R. Cohen


is a dancer and writer from Chicago. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Los Angeles Review of Books, and BOMB, among other outlets.  As a performer she has worked with artists including Gillian Walsh, Neal Medlyn, and Ligia Lewis. She is a PhD candidate in English at Northwestern University, and she also offers freelance editorial services. Learn more below ︎︎︎

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︎ emma.rachel.cohen [at] gmail [dot] com

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Writing


“Ralph Lemon’s Tell it anyway, 2024” in BOMB

“Picturing Disease and Desire” in Momus

“Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium” in The Brooklyn Rail

“Solidarity, Not Sameness” (a review of Xi Xi’s Mourning a Breast) in the Times Literary Supplement

Interview with Hannah Levene on Greasepaint in BOMB

“In Chicago, Keeping the Heritage of Black Dance Moving” in the New York Times

“Jenn Shapland’s Thin Skin” in The Brooklyn Rail

“Performing the Patient: On Emily Wells’s ‘A Matter of Appearance’” in LA Review of Books


Performance


EXCUSE ME , I'M LOST
Performance by Gillian Walsh with Maggie Cloud, Emma Cohen
Sunrise / Sunset June 12-14
Chinati Foundation
Marfa, TX



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