A collection of love poems [We Might As Well Be Underwater] divided into travelling or not travelling. Africa, Kansas, New York, Chicago, the street, the toolshed, the bush–all are touched, encapsulated by Gemma’s fierce desire and liquid intelligence. Gemma loves … Continue reading
Compassion, a perhaps underrated subject in contemporary lyrical poetry, gets a rollickingly twisted treatment in Cooper-Novack’s deft and slippery hands.
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. She has the capacity for creating not just astonishing images but for aerating … Continue reading
The thought-provoking script clearly illustrates how the level of violence in war affects all of us long after the actual events. Blindside explores the lives of each family member, their relationship to each other, and shows how intricately woven their … Continue reading
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.
It’s the same in every war: soldiers disoriented by alien cultures commit deeds unthinkable in their own, and afterward face well-meaning families unable to comprehend their experience. This time, however, the returning veteran is a woman–a wife, sister, and mother-to-be … Continue reading
Gemma’s poetry book We Might As Well Be Underwater was published by Unsolicited Press. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in more than forty journals; she is a many-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. Published chapbooks include … Continue reading