Karen Coody Cooper

Author's Bio

I have been a steady writer, but career and life have excessively intervened. I prefer writing in an uncomplicated manner, basic and easily understood, whether professional materials, short stories, or poetry. My museum career and teaching have kept me busy and almost fulfilled, but writing is my passion. After settling in Tahlequah, capitol of the Oklahoma Cherokee, I co-edited a Cherokee anthology and started Tahlequah Writers. There's a lot of talent here!

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Women on Poetry (MacFarland & Company Inc, 2012), Through the Kitchen Window (Berg Publishers, 2005), Through the Kitchen Window (Beacon Press, 1997), Rooted Like the Ash Trees (Eagle Wing Press, 1987), A Gathering of Spirit (Firebrand Books, 1984)

Journals:

Alura, Black Mountain College II, Conatus, Gatherings: The En'owkin Journal of First North American Peoples, Hobo Jungle, Manhattan Poetry Review, Sail

Prizes:

My book Fault Line: Vulnerable Landscapes won 2010 Best Book of Poetry by the Oklahoma Writers Federation and was a finalist in the 2010 Oklahoma Book Awards, Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

Karen Coody Cooper Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

history tomes

Favorite Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird, Ethan Frome, Great Expectations, Stones in the River

Favorite Authors:

Fiction: Edith Wharton, Carson McCullers, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Thomas Hardy Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rod McKuen, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Nathan Brown

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Listing last updated: January 30, 2014

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Native American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Tulsa, OK

Raised in:

Collinsville, OK

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

karencoodycooper.com