Marion Cohen

Marion Cohen (born 1943) is an American poet whose pen name is Marion Deutsche Cohen. She is also a mathematician with a Ph.D. in distribution theory from Wesleyan University.

Biography

Cohen has published 32 books of poetry and prose. She writes poetry and creative non-fiction, in particular memoir and has written about pregnancy loss, spousal illness/caregiving, and her passion for mathematics. She has studied the relationship between art and mathematics, ^[1] and has taught math and writing at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA. ^[2]

Cohen has studied the relationship between art and mathematics and has developed a course called Truth and Beauty: Mathematics in Literature.

Selected works

• "What I'm Wearing Today" (dancing girl press, 2016
• "Closer to Dying", Word Tech Editions, 2016
• "Truth and Beauty", Word Tech Editions, 2017
• "New Heights in Non-Structure" (dancing girl press, 2018
• "Parables for a Rainy Day", Green Fuse Press, 2013
• "Still the End: Memoir of a Nursing Home Wife", Unlimited Publishing, 2013
• "Sizes Only Slightly Distinct", Green Fuse Press, 2014
• "The Discontinuity at the Waistline", Rhythm and Bones Press, 2018
• "The Project of Being Alive", New Plains Press, 2018
• "The Fuss and the Fury", Alien Buddha Press
• "The Essence of Seventh Grade: A King of Autobiography", Alien Buddha Press, 2019
• "Not Erma Bombeck: Diary of a Feminist 70s Mother", Alien Buddha Press, 2020
• "Stress Positions", Alien Buddha Press, 2021
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, Crossing the Equal Sign. Austin, Tex.: Plain View Press, 2007.
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, Chronic Progressive. Austin, Tex.: Plain View Press, 2009. ^{[3] [4]}
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, An ambitious sort of grief: a diary of pregnancy & neo-natal loss. Las Colinas [Tex] : Liberal Press, 1986. ISBN   0-934659-03-6 (pbk.)
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, An ambitious sort of grief: woman, reproduction, and neo-natal loss. Mesquite [Tex.]: Ide House, 1983. ISBN   0-86663-090-2, ISBN   0-86663-091-0 (pbk.)
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, Dirty details: the days and nights of a well spouse. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. ISBN   1-56639-425-2 (cloth), ISBN   1-56639-426-0 (pbk. ) ^[5]
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, A flower garden : all about it: the diary of a woman’s thoughts after cesarean birth. Las Colinas: Liberal Press, 1987. ISBN   0-934659-05-2 (pbk.)
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, The shadow of an angel: a diary of a subsequent pregnancy following neo-natal loss. Las Colinas [Tex.]: Liberal Press, 1986. ISBN   0-934659-04-4 (pbk.)
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, She was born, she died : a collection of poems following the death of an infant. Rev. ed. with new poems. Omaha, Neb.: Centering Corporation, 1996. ISBN   1-56123-044-8
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, The sitting down hug. Las Colinas, Tex.: Liberal Press, 1989. ISBN   0-934659-14-1
• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, Epsilon Country. Center for Thanatology Research, 1995.

Editor

• Cohen, Marion Deutsche, ed., The Limits of miracles: poems about the loss of babies. South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey Pub., 1985. ISBN   0-89789-058-2 (pb), ISBN   0-89789-066-3
• Cohen, Marion, & Wemara, eds., Tuesday nights: writings by women. Philadelphia: Tuesday Nights, 1977.

References

1. "Interview". www.underthemicroscope.com. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
2. "Marion Deutsche Cohen". The Eloquent Atheist. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
3. "Marion Deutsche Cohen | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
4. Cohen, Marion. "Chronic Progressive". Litmed.med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
5. "Kirkus Review of Dirty Details". Kirkus Reviews.