John R. Cooley

Born: 1937   Oneonta
Spouse: Barbara Cooley
Children: Carolyn, Meredith
Address(es):
Permanent :
2504 Crescent Dr.
Kalamazoo , MI 49001
USA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
How Nancy Jackson married Kate Wilson, and other tales of rebellious girls & daring young women / Mark Twain
- edited by John Cooley.
Fiction , Horror , Short Stories Adult Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press 2001
Earthly Words: Essays on Contemporary American Nature and Environmental Writers Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press 1994
Mark Twain's Aquarium: the Samuel Clemens-Angelfish Correspondence, 1905-1910 Non Fiction Adult Athens : University of Georgia Press 1991
The Great Unknown: the Journals of the First Exploration of the Colorado River
- [compiled and edited] by John Cooley.
Non Fiction Adult Flagstaff, Ariz. : Northland Press 1988
Savages and Naturals: Black Portraits by White American Writers in Modern American Literature Non Fiction Adult Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses 1980 -1982
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To challenge myself, my readers and the status quo, and perhaps to inform and entertain, in the process.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) Magdalene College, Cambridge University Cambridge, England 1972

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of English and Environmental Studies
- now Professor Emeritis.
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1970 -2003

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