- Peter Cooley
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name = "Peter Cooley"'
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birthdate =November 19, 1940
birthplace = Detroit, Michigan
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occupation = Poet and Professor of English
nationality = United States of America
period = 1960s-present
genre = Poetry
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debut works = "The Company of Strangers", 1975
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website =Peter Cooley (b. 1940) is an American poet and Professor of English in the Department of English at
Tulane University . He also directs Tulane’s Creative Writing Program. Born inDetroit, Michigan , he holds degrees fromShimer College ,the University of Chicago andthe University of Iowa . [ [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1005 "The Literary Encyclopedia"] Accessed August 13, 2008.]Career
Prior to joining
Tulane , Cooley taught at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He was theRobert Frost Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1981.Poetry and Awards
Cooley has published seven books of poetry, all with the
Carnegie Mellon University Press . [ [http://www.cmu.edu/universitypress/browse/poetry/poetry_backlist.html Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry Titles] Accessed August 13, 2008.]Critical Reception
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Poetry Books
"A Place Made of Starlight" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2003)
"Sacred Conversations" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998)
"The Astonished Hours" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992)
"The Van Gogh Notebook" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1987)
"Nightseasons" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1983)
"The Room Where Summer Ends" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1979)
"The Company of Strangers" (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1975)
References
External Links
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1005 Peter Cooley listing in "The Literary Encyclopedia"]
* [http://www.tulane.edu/~english/Faculty/EnglishFacultyPeterCooley.htm Dr. Cooley’s Faculty Page at Tulane]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZgrNTdYKiY Video of Peter Cooley reading from "Sacred Conversations" at Tulane, circa 1998]
* [http://poetrysnark.blogspot.com/2005/06/peter-cooley-is-intense-little-dude.html Amusing poke at Cooley’s author picture at "Poetry Snark"]
* [http://www.cstone.net/~poems/littlcoo.htm “Little Immortality Poem” by Peter Cooley]
* [http://www.vqronline.org/author/24/peter-cooley/ Peter Cooley author page at "Virginia Quarterly Review", with links to poems]
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