Deborah Copaken Kogan worked as a war photographer from 1988 to 1992, the period covered in her bestselling memoir Shutterbabe, after which she spent six years as an Emmy Award-winning television producer, first for ABC News, then at Dateline NBC. Her writing, photography, and documentary work have since appeared in many places, including the New Yorker and the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; and on CNN; and she has performed live on stage with both The Moth and Afterbirth. Her novel, Between Here and April, was published in 2008. She lives with her husband and three children in New York City.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 2:36pm "Hell Is Other Parents: And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion" by Deborah Copaken Kogan
How is it that no one had co-opted the title “Hell Is Other Parents” before? When Sartre said “Hell is other people,” he must have had at least one snippy playground mom in mind (so what if he didn’t have rug rats; there’s always a snippy playground mom at parks, even in Paris, waiting to give anyone the slightest bit imperfect her gimlet eye).
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