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Martha Cooley

Martha Cooley
Martha Cooley is the author of three novels—The Archivist (a national bestseller published in a dozen foreign markets), Thirty-Three Swoons, and Buy Me Love—and a memoir, Guesswork. Her short fiction, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous literary journals. She is a Professor Emerita in the English Department of Adelphi University.


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.”
August 26, 2022  By Martha Cooley
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The Excruciating Decision to
End a Cat’s Life

Martha Cooley on Bohumil Hrabal, Stevie Smith, and the
Death of Her Cat Zora
April 21, 2021  By Martha Cooley

On the Uses of Boredom: Philosophical, Scientific, Literary

Martha Cooley Considers the Sociological Significance of Utter Ennui
January 13, 2021  By Martha Cooley
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My Novel Centered on the Eliot-Hale Letters. Now, We Can Read Them

Martha Cooley on a Decades-Old Mystery
January 14, 2020  By Martha Cooley
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Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity
October 21, 2019  By Martha Cooley
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