Zoe Kurland is a journalist based in Texas. Her work has appeared in outlets such as New York Magazine, The New York Times, and on APM’s Marketplace. She holds a national Edward R. Murrow Award for innovation in audio, and five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in reporting and producing. She received a B.A. in English (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Columbia University. She currently works as a Senior Producer at Marfa Public Radio.

 

Writing

 

Desert Dispatch Newsletter for Marfa Public Radio

Turns Out It’s Pretty Good: Egg Salad for New York Magazine

Why Harold and Maude Remains One of Cinema’s Great Survivor Stories for Little White Lies

Somewhere There’s Cheese for Bright Wall/Dark Room

An Artist’s Apology for Bright Wall/Dark Room — featured in LitHub’s Best of the Net

Crying at the Opera for Bright Wall/Dark Room

Metropolitan Diary: Awnings for The New York Times

Silence and the Loss Of Self: On Kitty Green’s The Assistant for Bright Lights Film Journal

“Put the Blame on Mame”: Fragmentation and Commodification in Gilda for Bright Lights Film Journal

That’s Why I Don’t Own the World: Hollywood’s Hard Luck Ladies for Film International — featured in The Criterion Collection’s The Current

Not Like You Remember: On Darius Marder’s The Sound of Metal for Film International

Among Dim Shapes: Reading Sappho in Quarantine for The Nonconformist

 

Fiction

 

The Pond - Winner of the 2020 COUNTERCLOCK Emerging Writer’s Awards

 

Poetry

New Bells Chickenbutt Magazine No.1 - Fruits

Honeymoon Ranch Vagabond City Lit

Six Poems Sinkhole Mag