The first comprehensive bibliography of this American playwright. The book opens with a bibliographic essay and is followed by sections covering: published works; production of plays; screenplays; teleplays; annotated bibliography of Odets scholarship; articles; journals and diaries; biographical materials; critical studies; House Un-American Activities Committee; and dissertations.

Clifford Odets: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism, 1935-89 (Meckler's literary bibliographies)

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Cooperman, Robert

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Meckler

Poetry Chapbook 5x8 1/2 saddle-stitched.  

Caseworker Days

During the mid-nineteenth century, two prospectors on the outskirts of Gold Creek rape Revered Philip Goodwin's daughters, murdering one and leaving the other for dead. The town sheriff cobbles together a posse of outsiders to hunt down the perpetrators and bring the villains to justice. But more than just a story of retribution, A Killing Fever is a story of discovery. Whether it's a damaged woman finding unlikely salvation on an "excursion outside [her] bed of pain," or a Jewish journalist uncovering the humanity in a "scarred hell-fiend of rage," Cooperman gives us a tale that lets us know that "none in the West/ is what we pretend to be," and the only way to come to terms with our true selves is to push the body and the soul to their furthest limits. A journey into our inner recesses, as well exploring the past, A Killing Fever simultaneously informs, horrifies, and delights.

A Killing Fever

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Ghost Road Pub Group Inc

"Reading, Just Drive, Robert Cooperman's poetic saga of driving cab in NYC, seems to me a variation of a Taoist theme I used to explain my years working as a barman, 'If you stay in one place long enough, everything that can happen, will.' The fares Bob describes, his fellow hacks, the crazy dispatcher, will all be familiar to anyone who has worked in the service industry or who regularly enjoys good narrative poetry. Wherever it is you need to go in this 'Divine Comedy' of the human condition, Just Drive, takes you there. Hop in and enjoy the ride. And don't forget the tip." --Alan Catlin, award winning poet of Alien Nation

Just Drive

Brick Road Poetry Press, Inc.

A poetic journey that transcends nostalgia and explores the residual impact of the the 1960's counterculture in 21st century America.

Saved by the Dead

Liquid Light Press

Product Description In Go Play Outside, poet Robert Cooperman chronicles his first, unconditional love, basketball even if the affair has been unrequited, Cooper is far better at writing poetry than he ever was at hoops. Cooperman begins with the origins of the game itself, from the legendary peach baskets of Dr. James Naismith, arising out of that brutal and boring winter of 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts. From that origin point, progressing into the early professional game of the Twenties. Cooperman than takes us fast forward to his own discovery of the beauty of the game while watching early NBA contests. Evolving with his attempts at playing the game himself, on his own block, in schoolyards. Finally, trying out, unsuccessfully for his high school team. Thereafter, rejuvenated with his witness of the recently late, great Elgin Baylor, Cooperman's all-time sports idol, the player, he asserts, who changed the game from horizontal to vertical.Along the way, we get pictures of what it is about the sport that he loves: its flow, its kinetic "music," its balletic grace and style, as when a perfectly attempted jump shot swishes through the bucket for a score. Maybe it's too much to assert that basketball is a metaphor for life, but without the game, Cooperman's life would have been far less rich. And like life, basketball requires hard work, dedication, practice, and maybe a little bit of genius, or at least moxie. All of which are on display in this lovely collection. About the Author Robert Cooperman grew up on the not so mean streets of Brooklyn and still remembers playing basketball in almost every schoolyard and playground in the borough. Passionately, if not very well. Later he supplemented that first love with a love of poetry, and studied the art at the University of Denver's Ph.D. program in Literature and Creative Writing. Cooperman has taught composition and literature at the University of Georgia; Bowling Green State University, in Ohio; and the University of Baltimore. He's also led various poetry writing workshops on an ad hoc basis. Cooperman has had more than twenty volumes of poetry published, among them In the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains (Western Reflections Books), which won the Colorado Book Award for Poetry. The Widow's Burden (Western Reflections Books) was the runner-up for the WILLA Award from Women Writing the West. Draft Board Blues (FutureCycle Press) was named One of The Ten Best Books by a Colorado Author for 2017 by Westword Magazine. My Shtetl won the Holland Award from Logan House Press. Cooperman's most recent collection is The Ghosts and Bones of Troy (Aldrich Press), which posits, what if Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and his wanderings with what we'd now call PTSD? Also forthcoming from Aldrich Press is Reefer Madness, partly field trip through Cooperman's misspent youth and partly inspired by the fact that the Girl Scouts of Colorado had okayed the sale of their cookies outside of the state's pot dispensaries. Some things you just can't make up. In addition, Cooperman's two most recent chapbooks, Saved by the Dead (Liquid Light Press) and All Our Fare-Thee-Wells (Finishing Line Press), are love letters of sorts to his other obsession, the Grateful Dead. Cooperman lives in Denver with his wife Beth.

Go Play Outside

Loyola College/Apprentice House

Hell at Cock's Crow

Kelsay Books

All Our Fare-Thee-Wells will appeal to dyed-in-the-wool Deadheads, to anyone who ever sang or hummed along to the band's infectious tunes and lyrics, and to anyone who misses or thinks they miss the Sixties.

All Our Fare-Thee-Wells

Finishing Line Press

An unforgettable narrative sequence about a hardscrabble existence, a difficult marriage, and a woman who never gives up.

The Ranch Wife

WordTech Communications

Draft Board Blues

FutureCycle Press

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