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Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen is a writer and speaker specializing in the Jewish American scene, from the novels of Saul Bellow to the pop culture comedy of Allan Sherman to the angry and manic essays of Beat writer Seymour Krim. His articles have appeared in Forward, Los Angeles Times, Daily News, and Newsday, as well as scholarly publications such as American Jewish History, Saul Bellow Journal, and History of Photography. Cohen is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humor and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into...
He was amazing. “A little man with a Napoleonic penchant for the colossal and magnificent, Billy Rose is the country’s No. 1 purveyor of mass entertainment,”...