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 never sees a room full of students, but rather a room full of humans ready to explore and experience the world together.
Virginia
educator
What strikes me in particular about Cooper-Novack’s work is the way in which a compressed narrative seems to inflate into a miniature world as the poem unfolds.
Tom
writer and writing teacher
Working with Gemma has transformed my writing process.
Elizabeth
graduate student
“Gemma Cooper-Novack … wrote the astonishingly accomplished, low-key one-act drama [I’m Coming In Soon] that … is head and shoulders the best, most mature—also most moving—of the four works by young playwrights.”
Jerry Tallmer
Gemma is a kind and attentive teacher. … Any student of hers will no doubt be successful in the future.
Christin
former student
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