The current folio is a Festschrift celebrating Robert Coover, commemorating his 89th birthday, yes, but also casting a critical…
Robert Coover and Fairy Tales
By Brian Evenson Since coming to CalArts, I’ve frequently taught a class I call Fairy Tales, Myths, and Fables.…
He Can’t Remember, He’s No Longer Sure, Maybe
By Lance Olsen I don’t remember much about the particular circumstances surrounding my stumbling upon Robert Coover’s Pricksongs &…
On the Trail of Robert Coover’s Noir: A Novel
By Geoffrey Green In the mail one day, I encountered the book––Noir, by Robert Coover. I placed it on…
Robert Coover: An Appreciation*
By Elisabeth Bell And so it is that il gran signore, the distinguished emeritus professor from Charles City, Iowa,…
The Alluring Obscurity of Noir: A Lesson Before Writing
By Ted Morrissey It was my great fortune to grow up in a house that valued reading. And not…
“The Illiterate, the Maimed”
By Louis Armand As for anniversaries, THE END wins hands down. The Origin of the Brunists (1966) was Coover’s…
From Robert Coover’s Open House
Things are not happening as I thought they might. I enter the room, not the right one obviously, looking…