Sarah Blacher Cohen

Sarah Blacher Cohen (born June 11, 1936 in Appleton, Wisconsin, died November 10, 2008 in Albany, New York) was a writer, scholar, and playwright, and a professor at SUNY Albany for 30 years. Her area of specialty is Jewish American Fictions. Her published books include Comic Relief: Humor in Contemporary American Literature^[1], Saul Bellow's Enigmatic Laughter (1974)^[2], and Cynthia Ozick's Comic Art: From Levity to Liturgy^[3][4] . She edited From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Jewish-American Stage and Screen (Jewish Literature and Culture Series), Making a Scene: The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American Women^[5], Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor. Her plays include The Ladies Locker Room^[6], a biopic on Molly Picon, Soul Sisters, as well as a musical review called Sophie, Totie & Belle. She has worked with Joanne Koch on a number of other plays. She collaborated with Isaac Bashevis Singer on the off-Broadway play Schlemiel the First. Dr. Cohen has also given talks and papers including "The Unkosher Comediennes: From Sophie Tucker to Joan Rivers"^[7]. She was married to Dr. Gary Cohen. She died of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease on 10 November 2008 aged 72

References

1. ^ http://www.abebooks.com/Comic-Relief-Humor-Contemporary-American-Literature/451847202/bd
2. ^ http://www.abebooks.com/Saul-Bellows-Enigmatic-Laughter-Cohen-Sarah/2135363984/bd
3. ^ http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=sarah+cohen&osCsid=9i5n18t0k2fhqqki2q5qg4ogo5
4. ^ http://www.abebooks.com/Cynthia-Ozicks-Comic-Art-Levity-Liturgy/4210565399/bd
5. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Street-Hollywood-Jewish-American-Literature/dp/0253203708
6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=vHlbi2gj-V0C&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=The+Ladies+Locker+Room+sarah+cohen&source=bl&ots=HowAvvMUdo&sig=2Bml6xvJ7XSsvDLlo5QUl65EtOo&hl=en&ei=NzmTTtuOD4Xf0QGVkq1a&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Ladies%20Locker%20Room%20sarah%20cohen&f=false
7. ^ http://catskills.brown.edu/confSchedules/11conf.shtml

External links

• Plays by Joanne Koch & Sarah Blacker
• New York Times Review of "Sophie, Totie and Belle"
• New York Times Review of "Schlemiel The First"
• Ezra Cappell (University of Texas, El Paso) "Sarah Blacher Cohen's Comic Drama of Disability" Jewish Women's Writing of the 1990s and Beyond - Abstract
• Comments from Dr. Cohen from a Philadelphia Inquirer article "Is 'Borat' Funny or a Hate Film?" Dr. Cohen's quoted in Nov 14, 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer article
• Bookfinder.com listing of Sarah Blacher Cohen
• Times Union Obituary Notice for Sarah Blacher Cohen

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Name	Cohen, Sarah
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Date of birth	June 11, 1936
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Date of death	November 10, 2008
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