Maralyn Lois Polak
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Maralyn Lois Polak is an American columinist, writer, poet, spoken word artist, novelist and journalist.
Polak's journalistic career consists of a long stint as nationally syndicated weekly celebrity interview columnist for Knight-Ridder and The Philadelphia Inquirer
, where she did over a thousand columns.
Polak's reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest
, The San Jose Mercury News, The Philadelphia Inquirer
and The New York Times
.
Polak, along with architect Benjamin Nia, collaborated on and co-created the 25 minute documentary
My Hometown: Preservation or Development? about the threatened demolition of 19th century buildings near Philadelphia's historic Rittenhouse Square
, and preservationists' efforts to save them from a developer's wrecking ball.
She is a former columnist for WorldNetDaily
and, during a decade as one of WorldNetDaily's few progressive contributors, wrote more than five hundred opinion pieces in her sometimes controversial weekly column called Left-Handed.
Polak's journalistic career consists of a long stint as nationally syndicated weekly celebrity interview columnist for Knight-Ridder and The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
, where she did over a thousand columns.
Polak's reviews, essays and opinion editorials have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
, The San Jose Mercury News, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
Polak, along with architect Benjamin Nia, collaborated on and co-created the 25 minute documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
My Hometown: Preservation or Development? about the threatened demolition of 19th century buildings near Philadelphia's historic Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century in central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park cuts off 19th Street at Walnut Street and also at a half block above Manning Street. Its boundaries are...
, and preservationists' efforts to save them from a developer's wrecking ball.
She is a former columnist for WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily is an American web site that publishes news and associated content from a U.S. conservative perspective. It was founded in May 1997 by Joseph Farah with the stated intent of "exposing wrongdoing, corruption and abuse of power" and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.-History:In...
and, during a decade as one of WorldNetDaily's few progressive contributors, wrote more than five hundred opinion pieces in her sometimes controversial weekly column called Left-Handed.