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Has anyone heard of C. S. Cooney?
JWillard · 11 Aug 2005, 17:20
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From: aldenweer at charter.net (JWillard) Date: Thu Aug 11 17:20:55 2005 Subject: (urth) Has anyone heard of C. S. Cooney? In-Reply-To: <f5238c305081021527f7d6785 at mail.gmail.com> References: <BAY102-DAV13F773B706281CCC1CC9D2FDBD0 at phx.gbl> <f5238c3050810195032fc9a71 at mail.gmail.com> <42FAC709.4010600 at charter.net> <f5238c305081021527f7d6785 at mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <42FBEB5F.4030503 at charter.net> Maru Dubshinki wrote: >On 8/10/05, JWillard <aldenweer at charter.net> wrote: > > >>Maru Dubshinki wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 8/10/05, Jason Willard <funesmem6 at msn.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I just got my copy of Starwater Strains and the dedication says the title is >>>> >>>> >>>>from a poem by C. S. Cooney called "Lady Rosemary." Rosemary I get, of >>> >>> >>>>course, but is Mr. Wolfe in the habit of making up poets? I can't find this >>>>poet mentioned in Google or Wikipedia or ABE Books. (As fabulous as they >>>>are, admittedly limited sources.) Am I missing something obvious? Has >>>>Wolfe used this as a pseudonym? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>There is a man of letters by the name of "Seamus Cooney". Cooney is >>>not a common last name at all, and that fellow has at least one of the >>>right initials. But he doesn't appear to have authored any poems, >>>rather just edited a lot of poems and letters by such luminaries as >>>Charles Bukowski; there is an Irish principal who likes poetry, but >>>that seems unlikely; and it doesn't appear to be a code of some sort- >>>at least, the most significant anagram is "Once Cosy". Perhaps you >>>could copy the poem, if Wolfe included it (or did he simply mention it >>>in passing?). >>> >>> >>>~Maru >>>Current mood: ? >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Urth Mailing List >>>To post, write urth at urth.net >>>Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>It reads: >> >>"The title of this book is taken from "Lady Rosemary," a poem by C. S. >>Cooney; and this book is dedicated to them." >> >>That's it. Three possibilities (as far as I can see): Cooney is an >>obscure poet (and Wolfe does seem to have some obscure things in his >>library); something's misprinted; or someone's doing some leg-pulling. >>Thanks for the feedback! >> >> > >Well, I gave the Library of Congress a shot; no joy. >But something rings wrong about that text. "this book is dedicated to >*them*"? Is that pronoun correct? There are three possible referents >for that pronoun: "Starwater Strains" (unacceptable, since that is a >very strange thing to anthromorphize, and I'm not even sure what >starwater strains could be, anyways), Rosemary (well, Wolfe *could* be >a herbal fanatic. It's possible, but improbable), and finally, C. S. >Cooney, in which case the name could well be a pseudonym for a >collective/duo/misc. group of writers, somewhat like Bourbaki is for >mathematicians. > >~Maru >_______________________________________________ >Urth Mailing List >To post, write urth at urth.net >Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net > > > [Asked David Hartwell - this was his response:] I asked and got this response from my agent Susan Protter, via Gene Wolfe's friend Patrick O'Leary. DGH Dear Dave: Claire Cooney is a neighbor, fan, family friend and renaissance devotee, singer and poet. Patrick says she is a sweet young girl.... SUSAN
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