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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=2010-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.authorsguild.net/maralynloispolak/|website=Authorsguild.net|title=Maralyn Lois Polak}}</ref> |
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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> |
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> |
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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> |
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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=1986-03-30 |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:08, 24 March 2019
Maralyn Lois Polak | |
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| Born | Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Columnist, author, screenwriter, poet, editor, researcher |
Maralyn Lois Polak is an American columnist, screenwriter, performance poet, spoken word artist, novelist and journalist.[1][2]
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]
She also 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.[6]
Polak's reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in the Chicago Tribune[5] and The New York Times.[7]
References
- ^ "Howard.edu". Howard.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Maralyn Lois Polak". Authorsguild.net.
- ^ Rubino, Frank (25 April 2005). "A Razin' in the Sun". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ Naedele, Walter (2 June 2010). "Roger F. Goodwin, 69; filmed campaign ads". Philly.com. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 20 January 1992. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ Hammond, Ruth (21 June 2005). "Judges for the 2005 AltWeekly Awards Announced". Altweeklies.com.
- ^ Lois Polak, Maralyn (30 March 1986). "A Passion Born in Kindergarten". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
External links
- Miranda Pear’s Brazen Bedtime Stories: Un-P.C. Fairytales for Grownups
- Left-Handed by Maralyn Lois Polak at WorldNetDaily
- Maralyn Lois Polak at IMDb
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- American columnists
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- American political writers
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- Jewish American writers
- Jewish women writers
- Screenwriters from New Jersey
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- Living people
- Novelists from New Jersey
- American women poets
- Women columnists
- American women journalists
- American women novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American poets
- 20th-century American poets
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- Women documentary filmmakers