Leah Hager Cohen, author portrait
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Leah Hager Cohen

Leah Hager Cohen is the author of five works of nonfiction, including Train Go Sorry, and five novels, including The Grief of Others, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, Strangers and Cousins, was published in 2019 and named one of the ten best books of that year by The Washington Post. She is the Barrett Professor of Creative Writing at the College of the Holy Cross. 
www.leahhagercohen.com

Heart, You Bully, You Punk
Strangers and Cousins
No Book but the World
I don't know
The Grief of Others
Glass, Paper, Beans
Train Go Sorry

Books

Heart, You Bully, You Punk
Strangers and Cousins
No Book but the World
I don't know
The Grief of Others
Glass, Paper, Beans
Train Go Sorry

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