Teaching Specializations/InterestsCreative writing (particularly fiction).
Modern and contemporary American and European literature.
Translation (particularly of poetry, from Italian into English).
BooksMartha Cooley (2006). Thirty-Three Swoons (paperback). New York, NY: Little, Brown.
Martha Cooley (2005). Thirty-Three Swoons. New York, NY: Little, Brown.
Martha Cooley (1999). The Archivist (paperback). New York, NY: Little, Brown.
Martha Cooley (1998). The Archivist. New York, NY: Little, Brown.
Artistic/Creative Work"Public interview/talk". The first in a series of "literary evenings" featuring Italian and international authors (sponsored by Agropolis, a nonprofit foundation). Cremona, Italy. July 2006.
Refereed ArticlesMartha Cooley (2011), "Novel Anxiety". Writer's Chronicle, 43, no. 5, 18-26.
Martha Cooley (2009), "On the Work of David Markson". Golden Handcuffs Review, Vol. 1, No. 12.
Martha Cooley (2009), "Sin's Entertainments: On Dante's Inferno". Writer's Chronicle, Vol. 41, no. 5, 16-23.
Martha Cooley (2008), "The Sound of Being Alone". A Public Space, 6.
Martha Cooley (2008), "On the Work of Italo Calvino". Writer's Chronicle, Vol. 40, No. 6, 24-34.
Martha Cooley (2006), "Pirandello and the Character of Characters". Writer's Chronicle, 39, no. 2, 20-26.
Invited Presentation/LectureMartha Cooley and Joshua Cohen (2012, May). Reading of Albert Cohen's Book of My Mother. Community Bookstore.
Martha Cooley and Gabriel Brownstein (2012, April). Reading, Enclave Series. Cake Shop, New York City.
Martha Cooley (2011, June). "Fiction and War". British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2010, August). Fiction Workshop Leader, Griselda Scrittura Writing Laboratory. Certaldo, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2010, June). "On Flash Fiction". British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2009, August). Fiction Workshop Leader, Griselda Scrittura Writing Laboratory. Certaldo, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2006, August). Fiction Workshop Leader. Siena, Italy.
Conference Presentations/PapersMartha Cooley (2012). "Novel Anxiety". In AWP Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Martha Cooley (2010). Berlin Alexanderplatz. In Literature and the Human Condition. Adelphi University.
Annie Coggan, Rachel Cohen, Sam Green & Carrie Lozano, Jean-Louis Schuller, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss (2009). Public reading. In Between the Lines series: "Found Objects". Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Martha Cooley (2009). Public Conversation. In Literature and the Human Condition. Adelphi University.
Martha Cooley, Laura Sims, Brian Evenson, MJ Fitzgerald, Joseph Tabbi, and Francoise Pelleau (2009). In Celebration of David Markson. In AWP Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Martha Cooley (2008). Public reading. In Bellevue Literary Review fall reading. Bellevue Hospital, New York City.
Martha Cooley (with Adelphi MFA faculty) (2008). Adelphi Writers Read Their Work. In Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference. New York City.
Martha Cooley, Jennifer Fleischner, Sheila Kohler, Barnet Schecter (2007). Writing History, Writing Fiction (panel/public conversation). Adelphi University.
Martha Cooley (2007). Public Reading. Books Etc. Falmouth, Maine.
Martha Cooley (2007). On Moral Fiction: Writing in a Time of War. In Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Martha Cooley (with Lawrence Sullivan) (2007). Literature From the "Axis of Evil": A Reading and Discussion. Adelphi University.
Martha Cooley (2006). Chronicling Your Travels (writing workshop). In Tuscan Sun Festival for the Arts. Cortona, Italy.
Martha Cooley, Gary Shteyngart, Siddharth Singh (2006). Public reading. Housing Works, New York.
Martha Cooley (2006). Using Historical Events and Characters in Fiction. In Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference. Austin, TX.
Other Scholarly/Artistic Work"The Letter L" (short story), PEN America, Spring 2012; "Praise Song for Berlin Alexanderplatz" (essay), A Public Space (Jan. 2012); "My Suicides" (prose poem), Southampton Review (Spr. 2012)
Honors and AccomplishmentsJudge of the PEN Poetry in Translation Prize, 2011
Professional ActivitiesMember, PEN American Center, Membership Committee
Contributing Editor, A PUBLIC SPACE
Contributing Editor, AWP Writer's Chronicle
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