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Nik Cohn

Nik Cohn (also Nick Cohn) was born in London in 1946. He is the author of numerous books on rock and pop music, including Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom. His most recent work is Triksta : Life and Death and New Orleans Rap (Knopf 2005). He is originally from Northern Ireland.

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Fiction | Issue 76 padlock
Fiction | Issue 76 padlock

Soljas

Nik Cohn

‘He was light-skinned, almost honey-coloured. On the streets they called him Red.’

Fiction | Issue 72 padlock
Fiction | Issue 72 padlock

But Richard Widmark

Nik Cohn

‘I ask my wife what she means by kidnap exactly, but she says never mind’.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 25 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 25 padlock

Delinquent in Derry

Nik Cohn

‘Across the river, in a Catholic enclave in the Waterside district, there was a disused funeral home in which, three nights a week, at 6d a shot, contraband teen movies could be sat through and sometimes seen, according to the state of the projector.’

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 24 padlock

Immigrant

Nik Cohn

‘In every other respect – colour, country, creed – these people might have nothing in common. Some were convicted criminals, others sought political asylum, still others had overstayed their visas or were accused of Green Card frauds, and a few might even be mistakes, the victims of computer or human error. But this one bond was absolute.’

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