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Irene Cooper is the author of FOUND (Atmosphere Press, 2022), a psychological thriller set in the Colorado Rockies, COMMITTAL, poet-friendly spy-fy about family (V.A. Press, 2020) & spare change (FLP, 2021), finalist for the Stafford/Hall Award for poetry. She co-edited Placed: An Encyclopedia of Central Oregon with Ellen Santasiero in 2021. Irene co-founded Blank Pages Workshops and The Forge, an online writing intensive, & supports AIC-directed creative writing opportunities at a regional prison.


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Irene Cooper I write copy as well as literary stuff, so...always writing, really. Sometimes I have nothing to say. Then I read, or stare. I got a late start, by ma…moreI write copy as well as literary stuff, so...always writing, really. Sometimes I have nothing to say. Then I read, or stare. I got a late start, by many standards, and frequently had to wedge the writing in between other life tasks. Which is not to say that when I got the time, I produced nothing but gold, far from it. But I wrote something I could work with later—an essay that really wanted to be a poem, a little scene that could grow into a story. When I think of writer's block, I imagine a lot of internal noise around, Is it good? The better questions are, are you working, are you thinking, are you reading, are you allowing your imagination some breathing room?(less)
Irene Cooper I don't know. Making something out of the air feels like something to say, except I'm very attached to the idea of legacy and influence and how we con…moreI don't know. Making something out of the air feels like something to say, except I'm very attached to the idea of legacy and influence and how we connect as writers and thinkers to what's come before. Maybe that: solitude and connection in one tiny brainspace.(less)
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