Robert Cooperman's latest collection is PETITIONS FOR IMMORTALITY: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN KEATS (Higganum Hill Books). THE WIDOW’S BURDEN (Western Reflections) was a finalist for the FOREWORD MAGAZINE Book of the Year for 2001. IN THE COLORADO GOLD FEVER MOUNTAINS (also published by Western Reflections) won the Colorado Book Award for Poetry for 2000. IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY was published by the University of Central Florida Contemporary Poetry Series. In addition, Cooperman has published five chapbooks, most recently NOT TOO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL (Snark Publications) and GREATEST HITS: 1981-2000 (Pudding House Publications). His work has appeared in MAIN STREET RAG, THE HAMPDEN-SYDNEY POETRY REVIEW, THE MACGUFFIN, and THE SULPHUR RIVER LITERARY REVIEW. Cooperman lives in Denver, with his wife Elizabeth.

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