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Martha Cooley
My Little Italian Donkey and Me: Martha Cooley on Moving to Italy Later in Life
“Donkeys are both fascinating and frustrating. Their behaviors resist easy interpretation.”
By
Martha Cooley
| August 26, 2022
The Excruciating Decision to
End a Cat’s Life
Martha Cooley on Bohumil Hrabal, Stevie Smith, and the
Death of Her Cat Zora
By
Martha Cooley
| April 21, 2021
On the Uses of Boredom: Philosophical, Scientific, Literary
Martha Cooley Considers the Sociological Significance of Utter Ennui
By
Martha Cooley
| January 13, 2021
My Novel Centered on the Eliot-Hale Letters. Now, We Can Read Them
Martha Cooley on a Decades-Old Mystery
By
Martha Cooley
| January 14, 2020
Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life
Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity
By
Martha Cooley
| October 21, 2019
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