Gemma Cooper-Novack is a writer, playwright, literacies scholar, arts and writing educator, and writing coach. New York City-born and currently anchored in Syracuse, New York, she has also lived and worked in Chicago, Accra, and Boston. She has coached hundreds of clients, published work in more than fifty journals both literary and academic, and received a PhD with distinction in Literacy Education from Syracuse University in 2022.
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Testimonials
Gemma was an excellent support to me in chunking and organizing my work in to manageable pieces and supporting fluid thinking in my writing.
Suzanna
graduate student
“I learned a lot from this program. It made me a stronger person and a writer. I will miss this program.”
Starr
student, age 16
Gemma never sees a room full of students, but rather a room full of humans ready to explore and experience the world together.
Virginia
educator
Compassion, a perhaps underrated subject in contemporary lyrical poetry, gets a rollickingly twisted treatment in Cooper-Novack’s deft and slippery hands.
Tom
writer and writing teacher
You were my favorite enrichment teacher that I ever had.
Marco
student, age 10
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