Peter Cooley



Peter Cooley (born November 19, 1940) is an American poet and academic.

Life
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees from Shimer College, the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa.

Cooley is Professor of English in the Department of English at Tulane University. He also directs Tulane’s Creative Writing Program. Prior to joining Tulane, Cooley taught at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He was the Robert Frost Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1981.

Cooley has published eight books of poetry, all with the Carnegie Mellon University Press.

Recognition
He received the Inspirational Professor Award in 2001 and the Newcomb Professor of the Year Award in 2003.

Publictions

 * The Company of Strangers (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1975)
 * The Room Where Summer Ends (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1979)
 * Nightseasons (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1983)
 * The Van Gogh Notebook (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1987)
 * The Astonished Hours (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992)
 * Sacred Conversations (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998)
 * A Place Made of Starlight (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2003)
 * Divine Margins (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009)