My Little Italian Donkey and Me: Martha Cooley on Moving to Italy Later in Life

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<br> End a Cat’s Life

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

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

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

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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