Robert Cooperman was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. He is the author of 14 previous poetry collections, most recently Little Timothy in Heaven, published by March Street Press; and The Lily of the West, brought out by Wind Publications. In the Colorado Gold Fever Mountains (Western Reflections Books) won the Colorado Book Award in 2000, and The Widow's Burden (Western Reflections Books) was runner-up for the WILLA Award from Women Writing the West. His work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, The North American R...