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Sam Cohen

Unit 18 Lecturer

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Sam Cohen is the author of the surreal linked story collection Sarahland. She has taught creative writing at Oberlin College, Chapman University, California State University-Northridge, and the University of Southern California. Her writing and teaching engage speculative fiction, experimental forms, and environmental and queer studies. Her work has been supported by MacDowell and has been translated into French by Burn-Aout.

Sarahland book cover

Books

  • Sarahland (Grand Central Publishing, 2021)

Shorter Creative Work

  • "Swingers." Queer Flora, Fauna, Fungi (ed. Frances Cannon). Valiz Press, 2025.
  • "Operation Hyacinth." Be Gay, Do Crime (eds. Molly Llwellyn and Kristel Buckley). Dzanc, 2025.
  • "The Nuclear Family, The Nuclear Bomb." Weird Sister Anthology (ed. Marisa Crawford). Feminist Press, 2024.
  • "The First Sarah." O Magazine, 2021.
  • "Sarahland." Electric Literature, 2021.
  • "All the Teenaged Sarahs." Fence, 2019.
  • "Exorcism, or Eating My Twin." Bomb, 2019.
  • Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing, University of Southern California, 2023