Peter Cooley (born November 19, 1940) is an American poet and Professor of English in the Department of English at Tulane University. He also directs Tulane’s Creative Writing Program. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees from Shimer College, the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa. He is the father of poet Nicole Cooley.
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Ellie: Who are you?
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—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)
“Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)