David Cooper

Poet, literary translator, & book critic.

New York, NY, USA

About Me

DAVID COOPER is a poet and literary translator

who reviews books for New York Journal of

Books. Since 2010 NYJB has published over

100 of David's book reviews. He is a voting

member of the National Book Critics Circle.

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David's translation of Israeli poet Rachel Eshed's second book Havtachot Ktanot (Little Promises)

is published by Mayapple Press (2006). His

ebooks Glued to the Sky and JFK: Lines of Fire:

A Verse Docu-Drama were published by

PulpBits (2003). David’s poems are anthologized

in XY Files: Poems on The Male Experience

(Sherman Asher Publishing, 1997), and his

poems and translations have appeared in

numerous periodicals. He was a finalist in the

1999 Snake Nation Press book contest, and has

been a semi-finalist in several other national

contests, including the 2007 Pushcart Prize.

David earned an MA in Creative Writing at The

City College of CUNY where he won the

Academy of American Poets Prize; he is also a

graduate of Hunter College and Columbia

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University's School of International and Public

Affairs where he specialized in media and

communications. His prose has appeared in

New York Journal of Books, examiner.com, New

York Woman, Poetic Voices, Mind Body and

Soul, The Israel Economist, and the wire

services of the Associated Press. He has taught

history, poetry, and writing on the middle school, high school, and college levels. David lives in

Brooklyn, NY, with his wife Shoshana Cooper.

Specialties: Poetry, literary translation, book

reviews, prose non-fiction, journalism.

Services

Web Content, Article & Blog Writing, Creative

Writing, Literary Translation, Editing &

Proofreading, Teaching

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Experience

New York Journal of Books

Book reviewer

Jan 2010 – Present

Examiner.com

Examiner (columnist)

Jan 2009 – Jul 2016

The Jewish-American Marriage Oral

History Project

co-author, writer, editor, photographer

Mar 2007 – 2009

New York Woman

Writer

Jan 2007 – May 2007

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Mayapple Press

Translator

Jul 2006 – Present

Poetic Voices

Book Review Writer

Mar 2005 – Apr 2005

PulpBits

Author

Apr 2003 – Feb 2007

Archipelago-Publishers

poet and translator

1999 – 1999

1149 Prospect Buyers Corp.

President (Pro-Bono)

May 1997 – May 2004

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Poets In Public Service

Poet in the Schools

Feb 1994 – May 1994

Atrium Learning Center, NYC Tech

College, CUNY

Writing Tutor

1992 – May 1992

York College, CUNY English

Department

Adjunct Lecturer

Aug 1992 – 1993

self-employed poet and writer

self-employed poet and writer

1990 – Present

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The Writing Center, College Skills

Lab, CCNY, CUNY

Writing Tutor

Aug 1990 – Nov 1991

Brooklyn Public Library

Librarian Trainee

1989 – Mar 1990

Catholic Guardian Society & Home

Bureau

Caseworker

Sep 1988 – Nov 1988

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The Fiorello H. La Guardia High

School of Music and Art and the

Performing Arts

Social Studies Teacher

Jan 1988 – Aug 1988

The Louis Armstrong Middle School

(I.S. 227Q)

Teaching Intern

Aug 1987 – Dec 1987

Globe Mortgage Company,

Hackensack, NJ.

Senior Account Executive

Feb 1986 – Jan 1988

The Israel Economist

Translator

Aug 1984 – Jan 1985

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State of Israel Ministry of Labor

Employment Counselor

Apr 1983 – Sep 1983

Ramat Dov Jr. High School, Beit

Shemesh, Israel

English as a Second Language Teacher

Aug 1981 – Feb 1982

Associated Press

Intern

Apr 1978 – May 1978

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Education

The City College, City University of

New York

M.A., English/Creative Writing, 1992

The Hebrew University

A.B.D., Comparative Literature

1982 – 1985

Columbia University - School of

International and Public Affairs

M.I.A., specialization: Media and Communications,

1980

Hunter College, City University of

New York

B.A., History, 1979

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