Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # sophie kohn creative non-fiction writer and instructor ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://sophiekohn.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [writing](https://sophiekohn.com/writing/) - ["The Almost Dad" (for Hazlitt)](https://sophiekohn.com/2025/02/a-body-in-motion-for-hazlitt-copy/) - “The Almost Dad” (for Hazlitt) - ["A Body In Motion" (for Hazlitt)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/a-body-in-motion-for-hazlitt/) - “A Body In Motion” (for Hazlitt) - ["Dance Was Sophie Kohn's Destiny Until Her Body Told Her Otherwise" (for CBC Radio's The Doc Project)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/dance-was-sophie-kohns-destiny-until-her-body-told-her-otherwise-for-cbc-radios-the-doc-project/) - “Dance Was Sophie Kohn’s Destiny Until Her Body Told Her Otherwise” (for CBC Radio’s The Doc Project) - ["Bodies In Motion" (for NPR's Snap Judgment)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/bodies-in-motion-for-nprs-snap-judgment/) - “Bodies In Motion” (for NPR’s Snap Judgment) - ["If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear To God I'll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth" short film adaptation starring Jon Hamm (for The New Yorker)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/if-you-ever-hurt-my-daughter-i-swear-to-god-ill-let-her-navigate-her-own-emotional-growth-short-film-adaptation-starring-jon-hamm-for-the-new-yorker/) - “If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear To God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth” short film adaptation starring Jon Hamm (for The New Yorker) - ["If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear To God I'll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth" (for The New Yorker)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/if-you-ever-hurt-my-daughter-i-swear-to-god-ill-let-her-navigate-her-own-emotional-growth-for-the-new-yorker/) - “If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear To God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth” (for The New Yorker) - ["I Booked A Solo Trip To Get An Aerial View Of My Life" (for Chatelaine)](https://sophiekohn.com/2022/10/i-booked-a-solo-trip-to-get-an-aerial-view-of-my-life-for-chatelaine/) - “I Booked A Solo Trip To Get An Aerial View Of My Life” (for Chatelaine) - ["Clown Car" (for Reader's Digest)](https://sophiekohn.com/2022/10/clown-car-for-readers-digest/) - “Clown Car” (for Reader’s Digest) - ["How To Sound Like A Hockey Expert Even If You've Never Watched A Game" (for Reader's Digest)](https://sophiekohn.com/2022/10/how-to-sound-like-a-hockey-expert-even-if-youve-never-watched-a-game-for-readers-digest/) - “How To Sound Like A Hockey Expert Even If You’ve Never Watched A Game” (for Reader’s Digest) - ["Table Of Contents Discovered From She-anderthal, The Oldest Known Women's Magazine" (for The New Yorker)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/table-of-contents-discovered-from-she-anderthal-the-oldest-known-womens-magazine-for-the-new-yorker/) - “Table Of Contents Discovered From She-anderthal, The Oldest Known Women’s Magazine” (for The New Yorker) - ["RE: Sweat Nothing's New Deodorant Scents For Men and Women" (for The New Yorker)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/re-sweat-nothings-new-deodorant-scents-for-men-and-women/) - “RE: Sweat Nothing’s New Deodorant Scents For Men and Women” (for The New Yorker) - ["This Catcall Will Be Monitored For Quality Assurance And Training Purposes" (for McSweeney's)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/this-catcall-will-be-monitored-for-quality-assurance-and-training-purposes-for-mcsweeneys/) - “This Catcall Will Be Monitored For Quality Assurance And Training Purposes” (for McSweeney’s) - ["In My Mother's Eyes" (for Outpost)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/in-my-mothers-eyes-for-outpost/) - “In My Mother’s Eyes” (for Outpost) - [How To Talk To A Grieving Person" (for Chatelaine)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/how-to-talk-to-a-grieving-person-for-chatelaine/) - How To Talk To A Grieving Person” (for Chatelaine) - ["When Cancer Isn't A Fight" (for The Globe and Mail)](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/when-cancer-isnt-a-fight-for-the-globe-and-mail/) - “When Cancer Isn’t A Fight” (for The Globe and Mail) - [CBC Comedy satirical news stories](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/cbc-comedy-satirical-news-stories/) - CBC Comedy satirical news stories - [The Gen Dread newsletter on climate crisis and mental health](https://sophiekohn.com/2023/10/the-gen-dread-newsletter-on-climate-crisis-and-mental-health/) - The Gen Dread newsletter on climate crisis and mental health ## Pages - [home](https://sophiekohn.com/) - [workshops](https://sophiekohn.com/workshops/) - BRAVE NEW WORD is a therapeutic writing workshop that helps you heal from whatever hurts maybe you’re struggling to process a death or a breakup. attempting to coexist with a scary and surreal diagnosis. enduring fertility treatment. or coming out. during any tough moment of transition or transformation in life, we sometimes struggle to process - [news](https://sophiekohn.com/news/) - August 2026 “Wildhood” has received an Honourable Mention in the 2026 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. The piece will be published in The New Quarterly this fall — a total dream of a literary journal, and one I’ve been hoping to get published in for years. May 2026 SO excited to hear that my latest - [about](https://sophiekohn.com/about/) - HELLO FOREVER! My name is Sophie. I’m an award-winning writer and an experienced writing instructor who, perhaps weirdly, is equally at home writing unhinged satire for The New Yorker as I am writing achy personal essays about love and longing. Right now I’m particularly focused on writing about the climate crisis because, well, (gestures - [contact](https://sophiekohn.com/contact/) - Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.name *FirstLaste-mail *your messageSubmit ## Categories - [‎](https://sophiekohn.com/category/3/)