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Ben Cooper

Poet

Berlin, MD

Maryland US

Email:

ben.cooper.poetry@gmail.com

Twitter/X:

@https://x.com/BenCooperPoetry

Author's Bio

Ben Cooper is a poet studying creative writing at Salisbury University. He is the winner of the 2025 AWP Intro Journals Award, works as a Managing Editor at 149 Review, an Assistant Editor at Poet Lore, and is published or forthcoming in Colorado Review, The Penn Review, The Shore, Atlanta Review, Saranac Review, Frontier Poetry, and more.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Atlanta Review

,

Colorado Review

,

Frontier Poetry

,

,

,

,

,

,

Stanchion

,

The Broken Plate

,

West Trade Review

Prizes won:

2025 AWP Intro Journals Award for "Exile"

Watch

Ben Cooper reads "Ars Poetica as Eschatology"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Daniel Simko, Jake Adam York, Natasha Trethewey, John Nieves, Major Jackson, Susannah Nevison, Sarah Barber

What I'm reading now:

Abide by Jake Adam York, Selected Works by Paul Muldoon

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Atlanta, GA

Georgia

Raised in:

Atlanta, GA

Georgia

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Last update: Apr 24, 2025