{"id":10229,"date":"2018-09-21T20:05:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=10229"},"modified":"2018-09-21T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:05:15","slug":"helen-degen-cohen-my-life-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2018\/09\/helen-degen-cohen-my-life-on-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Degen Cohen &#8212; My Life on Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10231\" src=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Second_Draft_Cover_2_530x-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Second_Draft_Cover_2_530x-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Second_Draft_Cover_2_530x.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>I was glad to hear that <strong>Helen Degen Cohen&#8217;s<\/strong> posthumous poetry collection<em><strong> My Life on Film<\/strong><\/em> is now out.<\/p>\n<p>A founding editor of Rhino Poetry, <strong>Helen Degen Cohen<\/strong> was a central figure in the Chicago area poetry community. When she died in 2015, she left behind several projects-in-progress, including an almost-finished manuscript of poems highlighting her in-depth interest in film.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>My Life on Film<\/strong> <\/em>is published by Glass Lyre Press and the launch for it is Sunday, September 23rd from 2-4pm at the independent movie theatre Facets, located at 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614. Helen\u2019s daughter Laura Cohen will introduce the book and the local poets who will be reading a selection from it. Andrew Calhoun will provide music<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>My Life on Film<\/strong> <\/em>will be available for purchase at the launch; you can also buy it directly through <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-lyre-press.myshopify.com\/collections\/full-length-collections-1\/products\/my-life-on-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Glass Lyre Press<\/strong> <\/a>as well as Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Bill Yarrow, author of <em><strong>The Vig of Love<\/strong><\/em>, describes <em><strong>My Life on Film<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelen Degen Cohen was an authentic cineaste with an insatiable appetite for film, but especially the films of Fellini, Pasolini, Bresson, Ozu, Godard, Zhang Yimou, Bela Tarr, and Parajanov, all of whose work she celebrates, often ekphrastically, in My Life on Film, a posthumous collection of 53 poems. \u201cMy life on film,\u201d she writes, \u201cis everything \/ that has ever floated through me,\u201d and we witness that parade in this volume that is truly an \u201cinsomnia of pictures.\u201d Helen was passionate about art (both viewing it and creating it), but she also treasured life, and her love of life suffuses these beautifully crafted poems about the joy of watching great films.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was glad to hear that Helen Degen Cohen&#8217;s posthumous poetry collection My Life on Film is now out. A founding editor of Rhino Poetry, Helen Degen Cohen was a central figure in the Chicago area poetry community. 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