<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;TW&lt;/em&gt;’s Neva Talladen talks to writer Naomi Cohn about her book &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/a/20181/9781941628331"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the reclamation of self it explores for her as a legally blind person. A 2023 &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mcknight.org/programs/arts-culture/mcknight-artist-culture-bearer-fellowships/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;McKnight Artist Fellow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Writing, her previous publications include a chapbook,&lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://reddragonflypressblog.org/2014/01/"&gt; &lt;em&gt;Between Nectar &amp;amp; Eternity (Red Dragon-fly Press, 2013)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and pieces in &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://baltimorereview.org/spring_2020/contributor/naomi-cohn"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Baltimore Review&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thefourthriver.com/issue-5-print?rq=naomi%20cohn"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fourth River,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2016/11/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-black-bird-by-naomi-cohn/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hippocampus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.terrain.org/2021/poetry/letter-to-america-cohn/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Terrain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/people/naomi-cohn"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Poetry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; among others. Naomi has also appeared on &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;NPR&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and been honored by a &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bestofthenetanthology.com/?s=naomi+cohn"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Best of the Net &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Finalist and two &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://pushcartprize.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pushcart&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; nominations. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Talking Writing

Martha Nichols, John Vogel, and Neva Talladen

Naomi Cohn On Reimagined Lexicons and Writing Forward

JAN 13, 202567 MIN
Talking Writing

Naomi Cohn On Reimagined Lexicons and Writing Forward

JAN 13, 202567 MIN

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<p><em>TW</em>’s Neva Talladen talks to writer Naomi Cohn about her book <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bookshop.org/a/20181/9781941628331"><em>The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight</em></a> and the reclamation of self it explores for her as a legally blind person. A 2023 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mcknight.org/programs/arts-culture/mcknight-artist-culture-bearer-fellowships/"><em>McKnight Artist Fellow</em></a> in Writing, her previous publications include a chapbook,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://reddragonflypressblog.org/2014/01/"> <em>Between Nectar &amp; Eternity (Red Dragon-fly Press, 2013)</em></a>, and pieces in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://baltimorereview.org/spring_2020/contributor/naomi-cohn"><em>Baltimore Review</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thefourthriver.com/issue-5-print?rq=naomi%20cohn"><em>Fourth River,</em></a><em> </em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2016/11/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-black-bird-by-naomi-cohn/"><em>Hippocampus</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.terrain.org/2021/poetry/letter-to-america-cohn/"><em>Terrain</em></a><em>,</em> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/people/naomi-cohn"><em>Poetry</em></a><em>,</em> among others. Naomi has also appeared on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/"><em>NPR</em></a> and been honored by a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bestofthenetanthology.com/?s=naomi+cohn"><em>Best of the Net </em></a>Finalist and two <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://pushcartprize.com/"><em>Pushcart</em></a> nominations. </p>