"The silence of lawn chairs in falling snow, / half-built houses draped in tarps, / satellites that blink across night sky, / their lights a pulse that leaves no trace": from "Figuration" by Wyn Cooper / ronslate.com

"I plan to put off reading Lolita for six years, until she's 18. " --Groucho Marx

New poem in Five Points.

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Apparently George Stephanopoulos knows I wrote a poem called "Fun." Huh. photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOI…

MY FIRST NOVEL IS OUT! Thanks to Stona Fitch and the people at Concord Free Press for the privilege of joining their stellar list with WAY OUT WEST. You can order it online from Concord Free Press, here: concordepress.com. Shipping is free for the month of October.

My novel went into a second printing five days after the pub date. Really. Books can be ordered here: concordepress.com. Free shipping until Halloween.

Great review of my novel in three Vermont newspapers. reformer.com/arts_and_cultu…

Thanks to Mitch Wertlieb of Vermont Public Radio for interviewing me about my new novel. vermontpublic.org/local-news/202…

Thanks to Virginia Ray at The Commons for this article/interview about my novel, with forays into poetry, music, filmmaking, nuclear testing, relationship problems, the unconscious, and luck. commonsnews.org/site/sitenext/…

Authors Wyn Cooper (Way Out West) and @cbbernard (Small Animals Caught in Traps) will be in conversation with local writer and storyteller Kurt Mullen on Saturday, April 29, at 11AM. Join them at the Central Congregational Church Sanctuary in #Newburyport!

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I'll be talking about how the past comes back to haunt the characters in my novel, Way Out West, this Saturday at the Newburyport Literary Festival. newburyportliteraryfestival.org/?fbclid=IwAR0A…

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Congratulations to Sheryl Crow, new inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I have two poems in the new Diode, along with excellent work by Andrea Cohen, Kelle Groom, Lesley Wheeler, CooXooEii Black, and many others. Thanks to Patty Paine for choosing them, and to Madison Smartt Bell for the title of Church of the Morning After. diodepoetry.com/cooper_wyn-3/

Should you happen to be in Nantucket a week from today, I'll be talking about and reading from my novel at the Nantucket Book Festival. Authors include Emma Straub, Stacy Schiff, Sebastian Junger, Samantha Hunt, Hernan Diaz, Tracy Kidder, and more.nantucketbookfestival.org/authors

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An interview I did with the awesome Wendy O'Connell, in which I discuss my writing, the music collaborations I did with Sheryl Crow, Madison Smartt Bell, and Don Dixon, as well as the short film I made with Madonna. youtube.com/watch?v=_p0HuA…

Red Letter #207 shines the spotlight on the estimable Wyn Cooper––a new poem, "Along the Coast", moves between personal angst & ecological threat. Get a copy from: steven.arlingtonl;[email protected] or posted @: dougholder.blogspot.com #WynCooper #RedLetters #poetry #environment