Josh Cook

Biography

Josh Cook’s work has appeared in the Iowa Review, the Millions, the Rumpus, Sugar House Review, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Rain Taxi Review of Books. He teaches at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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CRITICISM / Spring 2017

Songs From the Revolution

By Josh Cook

Recently, after a season of heavy protests, a number of my friends vanished from social media. Some went quiet, some quit altogether. The ones who persisted were the ones who’d always been  vocal, who’d already learned how to fold civic...
CRITICISM / Winter 2016

Hungary’s Bounty

By Josh Cook

On two occasions, during the preparation of this piece, people stopped me in cafés, pointing to the stack of Krasznahorkai’s books on my table, expressing their enthusiasm for his bleak comedy and particular brand of absurdity. The...