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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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rubino |first=Frank |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>
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://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=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report|title=Talking Plots With Mark Lane|date=January 20, 1992|author=Lois Polak, Maralyn|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304075248/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report|archivedate=March 4, 2016|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 20, 1992 |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=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report|title=Talking Plots With Mark Lane|author=Lois Polak, Maralyn|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304075248/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-01-20/news/9201060583_1_cia-lee-harvey-oswald-warren-commission-report|archivedate=March 4, 2016|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 20, 1992 |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</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>
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>

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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]

Career

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

  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. 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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