Eyal Cohen, at The Blogs

Apr 30, 2024, 6:47 AM

There’s this term in sociology called “collective effervescence.” It essentially means “the sum is greater than its parts,” except the term was coined by a French sociologist in the 1800s so originally it was probably something closer to “the...

Apr 29, 2024, 12:11 AM

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

It’s been absurdly cold in my coffee shop this week. I don’t use ‘absurdly’ to indicate that the temperature was, like, what it is in the North Pole; I mean more so ‘irrational.’ I also don’t use the word...

Jan 8, 2024, 3:48 AM

Present Perspective

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I went to the eye doctor on Tuesday. I had to. Well, I didn’t have to have to. When I first got my New York State driver’s license, the expiration date was set as my birthday in 2023. I...

Jan 8, 2024, 3:40 AM

Naivety and Nuance

The guy I buy my beer from is called Samer. I actually also buy my salt and vinegar Pringles from him. I have no idea why, but salt and vinegar flavored chips weren’t really sold in Israel when I...

Oct 28, 2023, 11:37 PM

Waking Up to War

Childhood is pretty weird. As are friendships. You don’t get to choose where/when you’re born, and more often than not, these two pieces of information dictate the majority of your life. The people you grow up around, the religion...

About Me

Eyal Cohen is a nonfiction writer based in New York City. Born in Israel, he was recruited to play soccer in undergrad in Florida, after which he moved to NYC for his MFA in writing from Columbia University. He’s currently shopping his memoir / cultural criticism hybrid: A book-length essay about how men understand, withhold, and externalize love.