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'''Maralyn Lois Polak''' is an American columnist, screenwriter, performance poet, [[spoken word|spoken word artist]], novelist and journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howard.edu/library/Reference/Guides/Reed/bibliography.htm |title=Howard.edu |publisher=Howard.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.authorsguild.net/maralynloispolak/|website=Authorsguild.net|title=Maralyn Lois Polak}}</ref>
'''Maralyn Lois Polak''' is an American columnist, screenwriter, performance poet, [[spoken word|spoken word artist]], novelist and journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howard.edu/library/Reference/Guides/Reed/bibliography.htm |title=Howard.edu |publisher=Howard.edu |date= |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.authorsguild.net/maralynloispolak/|website=Authorsguild.net|title=Maralyn Lois Polak}}</ref>

In collaboration with architect Benjamin Nia, Polak co-created the 25-minute [[documentary]] ''My Hometown: Preservation or Development?'' about the threatened demolition of 19th century buildings near Philadelphia's historic [[Rittenhouse Square]], and preservationists' efforts to save them from a developer's wrecking ball.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rubino |first=Frank |url=http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2005/apr/27/a_razin_in_the_sun-38395154/#.V4GxBD-jGLQ|title=A Razin' in the Sun |work=[[Philadelphia Weekly]] |date=2005-04-25 |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref>

She also authored the experimental online [[meta|meta-novel]], ''IMAGINARY PLAYMATES/Man in Her Mind: Further Adventures of Boris and Natasha'', serialized weekly for six months on the former political-literary website FemmeSoul.Com, and a cartoon book, ''Anoushka on Her Deathbed: 101 Cartoons From the Abyss''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/judges-for-the-2005-altweekly-awards-announced/Article?oid=147683|work=Altweeklies.com|title=Judges for the 2005 AltWeekly Awards Announced|first=Ruth|last=Hammond|date=2005-06-21}}</ref>


==Career==
Her journalistic career also includes a long stint with the mainstream media as nationally syndicated weekly celebrity interview columnist for [[Knight-Ridder]] and the now-defunct Sunday Magazine of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', where she did over a thousand columns.<ref>{{cite web|last=Naedele |first=Walter |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20100602_Roger_F__Goodwin__69__filmed_campaign_ads.html |title=Roger F. Goodwin, 69; filmed campaign ads |publisher=Philly.com |date=2010-06-02 |accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribune1992">{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report |title=Chicago Tribune |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=1992-01-20 |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref>
In collaboration with architect Benjamin Nia, Polak co-created the 25-minute documentary ''My Hometown: Preservation or Development?'' about the threatened demolition of 19th century buildings near Philadelphia's historic [[Rittenhouse Square]], and preservationists' efforts to save them from a developer's wrecking ball.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rubino |first=Frank |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916222443/http://philadelphiaweekly.com/2005/apr/27/a_razin_in_the_sun-38395154/#.V9xxLi2cYx8|archivedate=September 16, 2016| url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news/a-razin-in-the-sun/article_b4101a59-b067-5c03-a68e-d97276523362.html |title=A Razin' in the Sun |work=[[Philadelphia Weekly]] |date=April 25, 2005 |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>


Her journalistic career also includes a long stint with the mainstream media as nationally syndicated weekly celebrity interview columnist for [[Knight Ridder]] and the now-defunct Sunday Magazine of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', where she did over a thousand columns.<ref>{{cite web|author=Naedele, Walter|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20100602_Roger_F__Goodwin__69__filmed_campaign_ads.html|title=Roger F. Goodwin, 69; filmed campaign ads|work=Philadelphia Daily News|date=June 2, 2010|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribune1992">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/01/20/talking-plots-with-mark-lane/|title=Talking Plots With Mark Lane|author=Lois Polak, Maralyn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075248/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report|archive-date=March 4, 2016|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 20, 1992 |url-status=live|access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
Polak's quirky reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref name="chicagotribune1992"/> ''[[Reader's Digest]]'', ''[[Interview (magazine)|Andy Warhol's Interview]]'', the ''[[The Mercury News|San Jose Mercury News]]'', ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citypaper.net/articles/081795/article005.shtml|publisher=Citypaper.net|author=Farmelant, Scott|date=August 17, 1995|title=Inky Offs Interview|accessdate=2010-11-13|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001165834/http://citypaper.net/articles/081795/article005.shtml|archivedate=1 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lois Polak |first=Maralyn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/a-passion-born-in-kindergarten.html |title=A Passion Born in Kindergarten |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1986-03-30 |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref>


Polak was a commentary columnist for the online news site ''[[WorldNetDaily]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Washington Times|work=[[The Washington Times]]|title=Culture Briefs|date=February 19, 2004|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/feb/19/20040219-110955-2611r/}}</ref>
Of that dichotomous era, Polak recalls, "Before I became interested in filmmaking, I led two parallel lives: journalist and poet. The journalists thought I was a lunatic and the poets thought I was a sell-out. Both sides got it wrong. Now my ambition is to simply be one real person. Easier said than done."
Polak authored the experimental online [[Meta (prefix)|meta-novel]], ''IMAGINARY PLAYMATES/Man in Her Mind: Further Adventures of Boris and Natasha'', serialized weekly for six months on the former political-literary website FemmeSoul.Com, and a cartoon book, ''Anoushka on Her Deathbed: 101 Cartoons From the Abyss''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/judges-for-the-2005-altweekly-awards-announced/Article?oid=147683|work=Altweeklies.com|title=Judges for the 2005 AltWeekly Awards Announced|first=Ruth|last=Hammond|date=June 21, 2005}}</ref>
Polak's reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''<ref name="chicagotribune1992"/> and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lois Polak |first=Maralyn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/books/a-passion-born-in-kindergarten.html |title=A Passion Born in Kindergarten |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 30, 1986 |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>


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*[https://archive.is/20130221074841/http://archives.citypaper.net/mirandapear/ Miranda Pear’s Brazen Bedtime Stories: Un-P.C. Fairytales for Grownups]
*[https://archive.today/20130221074841/http://archives.citypaper.net/mirandapear/ Miranda Pear’s Brazen Bedtime Stories: Un-P.C. Fairytales for Grownups]
*[http://www.wnd.com/author/langwidge/ Left-Handed by Maralyn Lois Polak at WorldNetDaily]
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Maralyn Lois Polak
Born
Occupations
  • Columnist
  • author
  • screenwriter
  • poet
  • editor
  • researcher

Maralyn Lois Polak is an American columnist, screenwriter, performance poet, spoken word artist, novelist and journalist.[1][2]

Career

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In collaboration with architect Benjamin Nia, Polak co-created the 25-minute documentary My Hometown: Preservation or Development? about the threatened demolition of 19th century buildings near Philadelphia's historic Rittenhouse Square, and preservationists' efforts to save them from a developer's wrecking ball.[3]

Her journalistic career also includes a long stint with the mainstream media as nationally syndicated weekly celebrity interview columnist for Knight Ridder and the now-defunct Sunday Magazine of The Philadelphia Inquirer, where she did over a thousand columns.[4][5]

Polak was a commentary columnist for the online news site WorldNetDaily.[6]

Polak authored the experimental online meta-novel, IMAGINARY PLAYMATES/Man in Her Mind: Further Adventures of Boris and Natasha, serialized weekly for six months on the former political-literary website FemmeSoul.Com, and a cartoon book, Anoushka on Her Deathbed: 101 Cartoons From the Abyss.[7]

Polak's reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in the Chicago Tribune[5] and The New York Times.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Howard.edu". Howard.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Maralyn Lois Polak". Authorsguild.net.
  3. ^ Rubino, Frank (April 25, 2005). "A Razin' in the Sun". Philadelphia Weekly. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  4. ^ Naedele, Walter (June 2, 2010). "Roger F. Goodwin, 69; filmed campaign ads". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Lois Polak, Maralyn (January 20, 1992). "Talking Plots With Mark Lane". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  6. ^ The Washington Times (February 19, 2004). "Culture Briefs". The Washington Times.
  7. ^ Hammond, Ruth (June 21, 2005). "Judges for the 2005 AltWeekly Awards Announced". Altweeklies.com.
  8. ^ Lois Polak, Maralyn (March 30, 1986). "A Passion Born in Kindergarten". The New York Times. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
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