Books
Books
Buy Me Love, a novel (Los Angeles, Red Hen Press, 2021)
Martha Cooley (2017). Guesswork: A Reckoning With Loss. New York: Catapult.
Martha Cooley and Antonio Romani, translators (2017), The Wounded Migrant: Selected Poems, chapbook of Loris Jacopo Bononi, Il Migratore Ferito: Poesie Scelte (Castiglione del Terziere: Comitato Omnia Vanitas).
Antonio Tabucchi; Martha Cooley and Antonio Romani, translators (2015). Time Ages in a Hurry. Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago Books.
Martha 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.
Chapters
Chapters
(2015). "What I Hear". In Judith Kitchen and Dinah Lenney (Eds.). Brief Encounters. New York, NY: Norton.
(2012). "A Local Habitation: Gigli Capresi". In Heide Hatry (Eds.). Not a Rose. Milan and New York: Charta.
(2009). "Orion". In Sandra Landi (Eds.). Luna e L'Altro. Florence, Italy: Morgana Edizioni.
Articles
Articles
Martha Cooley (2020), "Funny," AGNI, February.
Martha Cooley (2020), "Spoiler Alert: Reading Ferrante's New Novel in Italian," Los Angeles Reveiw of Books, Feb. 1.
Martha Cooley (2020), "My Novel Centered on the Eliot-Hale Letters; Now We Can Read Them," Literary Hub, Jan. 19.
Martha Cooley (2019), "Out of Hand," AGNI, Fall 2019.
Martha Cooley (2019), "Capturing Natural Coincidence, in Fiction and Life," Literary Hub, Oct. 21.
Martha Cooley (2019), "Cyanide," Speak, Issue 3.
Martha Cooley (2015), "Make Us Happy: On Joseph Luzzi's In a Dark Wood," Los Angeles Review of Books.
Martha Cooley (2013), "Stevie Smith's Facebook Problem," Writer's Chronicle, 46, no. 3, 61-70.
Martha Cooley (2012), "Berlin Alexanderplatz and the Music of Novels," Writer's Chronicle, 45, 66-75.
Martha Cooley (2012), “Go Tell Your Father,” AGNI, 2012 (a Notable essay in Best American Essays 2013).
Martha Cooley (2011), "Novel Anxiety," Writer's Chronicle, 43, no. 5, 18-26.
Martha Cooley (2010), “This Island,” The Southampton Review, Summer 2010.
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.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
"Two-Country Careers," panel presentation (with Aviya Kushner, Cole Swenson, Curtis Bauer, and Xu Xi), AWP Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 30, 2019
Martha Cooley, Alexander Chee, Mitchell Jackson, Nina McConigley, Paul Morris (2015). On Literary Awards and Prizes. In AWP Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Martha Cooley, Minna Proctor, Jennifer Acker (2015). Using Literary Magazines in the Classroom. In AWP Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Martha Cooley, Marta del Pozo Ortea, Eleanor Goodman, Anastasiya Lyubas, Yu-Ting Huang (2014). "Translating Giampiero Neri". In AWP Conference. Seattle, WA.
Martha Cooley, Priya Wadhera, Philip Alcabes (2014). "Artists at Play: The Liberating Power of Constraints". In Soapbox Series no. 3. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Martha Cooley (2012). On Novel Anxiety. In AWP Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Martha Cooley (2010). Berlin Alexanderplatz. In Literature and the Human Condition. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
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. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»MFA faculty) (2008). Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»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). Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
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. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
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.
Invited Presentations
Invited Presentations
"Helen Oyeyemi's Tales of Transformation," public lecture, British Council, Milan, Italy, June 1, 2019
Martha Cooley, Igor Web, and Simon Fruelund, moderators, Denmark/AU Writing Students' Exchange, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», February 2019
Public Conversation on memoir, with Kim Adrian, Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore, NY, Oct. 2018
"The Anthologist's Dream," with Danielle Barnhart, Ng Yi-Sheng, and Rachel Dean, in Soapbox Series at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», a public conversation in tandem with the Singapore Literature Festival, Sept. 2018
"The Missing Girl," public lecture and conversation, British Council, Milan, Italy, 2018
"Out of Sync," Public Reading and Conversation, with Jhumpa Lahiri, Antonio Romani, and Michael Moore, Lewis Center, Princeton University, March 2018
Public Reading and Conversation, East Meadow Public Library, East Meadow, NY, January 2018
Martha Cooley, Guest Bookseller and Featured Author, November 2017, Open Book bookstore, Elkins Park, PA
Martha Cooley and Simon Fruelund, moderators, Denmark/AU Writing Students' Exchange, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», October 2017.
Martha Cooley, Antonio Romani, Alicia Meier, and Kate Lynch, "An Evening of Readings in Translation," co-hosted by Another Way to Say and A Public Space, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2017
Martha Cooley (June 2017), "On the Personal Essay," Lecture and Public Reading, British Council, Milan, Italy
Martha Cooley and Anne Germanacos (June 2017), Public Reading and Conversation, Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA
Martha Cooley and Douglas Bauer (May 2017), Public Reading and Conversation, Newtonville Books, Newton Center, MA
Martha Cooley, Mira Jacob, Charles Bock, Max Winter (May 2017), Public Panel/Discussion, Center for Fiction, New York, NY
Martha Cooley, Public Reading (April 2017), Open Book, Elkins Park, PA
Martha Cooley and Benjamin Taylor (April 2017), Public Conversation and Book Launch for GUESSWORK, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY
Martha Cooley, Melissa Febos, Gwen North Reiss (April 2017). Public Reading. Pen+Brush, New York, NY.
Visiting Writer, Project Write Now, Red Bank, NJ (April 2017): Reading, interview, and workshop on personal essay/memoir.
Martha Cooley and Simon Fruelund, Moderators, Denmark/AU Writing Students' Exchange, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (February 2017).
Martha Cooley, Jeremy Tiang, Ovidia Wu, Jason Wee, Alfian Sa'at (2016, September). Mixing It Up: Hybrid Literature in Singapore. Soapbox Series Roundtable at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», Garden City, NY.
Martha Cooley, Antonio Romani, Alta Price, Sole Anatrone (2016, September). There Is No Map: New Italian Voices. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» MFA Program and Words Without Borders, New York, NY.
Martha Cooley (2016, June). VIrginia Woolf's "Kew Gardens". British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley, Dinah Lenney, Megan Daum, James Richardson, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Jonathan Wilson (2015, November). Village of Crickets Reading. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» MFA Program, New York, NY.
Martha Cooley (2015, May). On Creative Nonfiction. Italo-Britannica Association, Genova, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2015, May). War and Womanhood: Woolf's "Three Guineas". British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley, Antonio Romani, Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2015, April). Translating Antonio Tabucchi's TIME AGES IN A HURRY. Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY.
Martha Cooley, Antonio Romani, Alexander Stille (2015, April). Translating Antonio Tabucchi's TIME AGES IN A HURRY. Center for Fiction, New York, NY.
Martha Cooley (2014, June). The Act of Close Reading. British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2013, November). "Talking Transition": Twelve PEN Writers on the Mayoral Transition. PEN American Center, New York, NY.
Martha Cooley (2013, June). The Craft of the Short Story: A Writer's Perspective (public reading and lecture on the teaching of creative writing). British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha Cooley (2012, June). On the Work of Stevie Smith. British Council, Milan, Italy.
Martha 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.
Other Work
Other Work
"Omnipresence: A Poetry and Image Installation": art/image installation by Andrea Poggipollini and co-translation (with Antonio Romani) of two untitled poems by Loris Jacopo Bononi, in The Common (online), Fall 2012.
Creative Scholarship
Creative Scholarship
"Our Day in Peredelkino," short story, The Common, Spring 2021
"Taking the Waters," personal essay, The Common, Jan. 5, 2021
"On the Uses of Boredom," personal/literary essay, LitHub, Jan. 13, 2021
"Spoiler Alert: Reading Ferrante's New Novel in Italian," Los Angeles Reveiw of Books, Feb. 1, 2020
"Funny," personal essay, AGNI (online), February 28, 2020
"My Novel Centered on the Eliot-Hale Letters; Now We Can Read Them," Lit Hub, Jan. 19, 2020
"Out of Hand," personal essay, AGNI, Fall 2019
"Capturing Natural Coincidences in Fiction and in Life," essay, LitHub, October 21, 2019
"Virginia Woolf's Capture of Consciousness," cover essay, The Writer's Chronicle, December 2018
"Mercedes Benz," short story. A Public Space. May 2016. An O. Henry Prize winner for 2017.
"Writing Toward the Inescapable: Scholastique Mukasonga's Igifu," Los Angeles Review of Books, Dec. 29, 2020
"Cyanide," personal essay, Speak (Spring/Summer 2019)
"The Mixed Meanings of Missing Girls," Los Angeles Review of Books, December 2, 2018.
"Clouds". Co-translation (with Antonio Romani) of a story by Antonio Tabucchi, The Common, 8. October 2014.
"Drip, Drop, Drippety-Drop". co-translation (with Antonio Romani) of a story by Antonio Tabucchi, AGNI. September 2014.
"The Circle". co-translation (with Antonio Romani) of a story by Antonio Tabucchi, The Massachusetts Review. August 2014.
"What a Circus!". (essay), The Southampton Review. June 2014.
"Festival". co-translation (with Antonio Romani) of a story by Antonio Tabucchi, Tin House. May 2014.
"Go Tell Your Father" (essay), AGNI (Fall 2012).
"The Island and the Boat" (essay), A Public Space, no. 18 (Summer 2013).
Three poems by Giampiero Neri (translations), The Common, Spring 2013.
"The Letter L" (story), PEN America. November 2012.
"My Suicides" (prose poem). The Southampton Review. April 2012.
"Praise Song for Berlin Alexanderplatz" (essay). A Public Space. January 2012.
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