Bio

 

Holly Dworken Cooley

Published Poetry:

2008
“How the PRB Affected Me” - Goblin Fruit - Spring 2008
“A Creation Myth” - Strange Horizons - January 21, 2008

2007
“Sky Vendor” - Dragons, Knights & Angels - October 2007
2nd Place Winner, Paradiso / Inferno Poetry Contest
“After Appomattox” - Mythic Delirium - October 17, 2007

Published Articles:

Articles on topics from Victorian women explorers & Charles Dickens to Muriel Rukeyser & Tony Hillerman have appeared in publications including The Dictionary of National Biography, Issues & Identities in Literature, Masterplots, and Magill’s Survey of American Literature

Book reviews have appeared in the American Library Association’s Booklist, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and The Daily Independent (Ridgecrest, CA)

Feature articles have appeared in The Institute of Children’s Literature (on-line), Booklist, The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Ohio Magazine, and various newsletters

Electronic Journalism:

Editor, Goblinmarket Magazine - reviews of children’s books, 2000-2007
Editor, Miss Marple’s Mystery Magazine - mystery reviews, 1993-99
Editor, The William Morris Page - 1992-1996

Teaching:

Adjunct Instructor of Humanities at Rio Salado College, Phoenix, AZ 1996-2001
Assistant Professor of English & Writing at University of Pittsburgh, Bradford 1989-1996

Education:

Ph.D. 1988 English - Medieval & Victorian Lit. - Case Western Reserve University
1982 Exeter College, Oxford University, England
M.A. 1979 English - University of Virginia
B.A. 1977 English & Anthropology - Connecticut College
1975-76 Goldsmith's College, University of London