Wyn Cooper

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Wyn Cooper is an American poet.

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[edit] Early years

Cooper was raised in Michigan and later attended the University of Utah and Hollins College.[1]

[edit] Career

Cooper has taught at the University of Utah, Bennington College, Marlboro College, and at The Frost Place Festival of Poetry. His most recent book is Secret Address , a chapbook of postcard poems (Chapiteau Press, 2002).[2] His earlier books are The Way Back (White Pine Press, 2000), and The Country of Here Below (Ahsahta Press, 1987). His poems, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in Poetry, Orion, AGNI, Crazyhorse, Ploughshares , and numerous other journals. His poems are included in 20 anthologies of contemporary poetry. One of his poems, Fun, was used for the lyrics of the Sheryl Crow song, 'All I Wanna Do'. Crow's producer Bill Bottrell discovered Cooper's poetry book The Country of Here Below in Cliff's Books, a Pasadena, California used bookstore. Crow adapted Fun into the lyrics for her song -- earning Cooper considerable royalties, and helping to push his book, originally published in a run of only 500 copies in 1987, into multiple reprints.[3][4]

He also served as editor of Quarterly West . He currently resides in Halifax, Vermont.

[edit] His works

He has published three books of poetry:

  • The Country of Here Below (Ahsahta Press, 1987)
  • The Way Back (White Pine Press, 2000)
  • Postcards from the Interior, (BOA Editions, 2005)

He also wrote lyrics for a fictional band in the novel, Anything Goes by Madison Smartt Bell. The songs were put to music by Bell, recorded and produced by Don Dixon and released as 40 Words for Fear in 2003.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cooper, Wyn (2000). The Way Back. Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, p. 73. 
  2. ^ cooper
  3. ^ Text of the poem "Fun" by Wyn Cooper.
  4. ^ a b "Wyn Cooper: A Serendipitous Career,".

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