Hannah Cohen

@hcohen.bsky.social

She/her. hot sad jewish lady. writer sometimes, mostly tired. poems, essays, etc. found elsewhere. my author website is hannahcohen.carrd.co

The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

Rewatching Labyrinth as an adult woman, I used to think I wanted to be Sarah. Then I wanted to be the worm with the scarf. Now I know that I’m actually the Junk Lady

Introducing James to the wonder of Labyrinth (he’s never seen it) and listening to his commentary like: Jim Henson: wow David, you look great for the movie David Bowie: what movie

RIP to the online lit journal ecosystem of 2012-2019, you were feral and offkey and all we had was $20 domain names and a dream but I loved you nonetheless (yes Cotton Xenomorph was/is a product of this era)

daily writer reminder to check the publication links on your author page and to always have backups of your previously published work. I forgot some of my poems were housed in online magazines that are no longer active & got really sad 😢

daily writer reminder to check the publication links on your author page and to always have backups of your previously published work. I forgot some of my poems were housed in online magazines that are no longer active & got really sad 😢