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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>


As a former commentary columnist for the online news site ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'' during a decade as one of their few progressive contributors, Polak wrote more than five hundred political satire opinion pieces in her weekly column called ''Left-Handed''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=13 |title=WorldNetDaily |publisher=Wnd.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041657/http://wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=13 |archivedate=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
As a former commentary columnist for the online news site ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'' during a decade as one of their few progressive contributors, Polak wrote more than five hundred political satire opinion pieces in her weekly column called ''Left-Handed''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=13 |title=WorldNetDaily |publisher=Wnd.com |accessdate=2010-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041657/http://wnd.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=13 |archivedate=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</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>
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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Maralyn Lois Polak
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]

As a former commentary columnist for the online news site WorldNetDaily during a decade as one of their few progressive contributors, Polak wrote more than five hundred political satire opinion pieces in her weekly column called Left-Handed.[6]

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.[7]

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

References

  1. ^ "Howard.edu". Howard.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Maralyn Lois Polak". Authorsguild.net.
  3. ^ Rubino, Frank (25 April 2005). "A Razin' in the Sun". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  4. ^ Naedele, Walter (2 June 2010). "Roger F. Goodwin, 69; filmed campaign ads". Philly.com. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 20 January 1992. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  6. ^ "WorldNetDaily". Wnd.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  7. ^ Hammond, Ruth (21 June 2005). "Judges for the 2005 AltWeekly Awards Announced". Altweeklies.com.
  8. ^ Lois Polak, Maralyn (30 March 1986). "A Passion Born in Kindergarten". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
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