“I don’t write in hopes of seeing my name on a book cover, rather I write because I have a message that above all else, human beings can be noble creatures.”
The above is a quote from author William M. Cooper, who has just published an inspirational book: “Coop’s Corner Collection”. This collection of 15 short stories and 25 story -poems reinforces noble human characteristics, addressing such topics as love, devotion, forgiveness, compassion, respect, duty, parenting, and much more.
Mr. Cooper believes his book with be enjoyable and instructive to any teen or adult reader, but many of the stories are written so simplistically that they can also be read to young children. “Coop’s Corner Collection” is the type of book you keep – a sort of combo of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” mixed with O’Henry-like character building and a hint of “Aesop’s Fables”. (This reporter found the portions of the book that I have read were both entertaining and thought-provoking.)
“Coop’s Corner Collection” is a perfect book for gift-giving. A lonely soldier away from home, a prisoner who needs a shot in the arm of what real living is truly about, the teen who is getting wrapped up in a world of negative influences, the person living a self-destructive lifestyle – these are just a few of those who could benefit from this collection, in addition to anyone who just loves to read.
William M. Cooper is a Texan and a “cowboy poet” who grew up in the Midland-Odessa area, one of six children of his oil-field father and housewife mother. He earned a master’s degree in biblical studies at Andersonville Theological Seminary in Camilla, George and also holds a certificate in ministry from Howard Payne University in Brownsville. He also has attended a Texas A&M firefighting school and is a certified welding inspector.
Now residing in nearby Portland, he has lived in most of the towns in the Coastal Bend. He earns his living driving a semi, and is currently transporting from our local Formosa plant.
“Coop’s Corner Collection” is available in paperback or e-book at Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com or at the author’s site: http://SBPRA.com/WilliamMCooper/ .
To read a sample chapter, “Weldon’s Stupid Kid”, go to:
http://mysoutex.com/view/full_story/19604726/article-Local-author%E2%80%99s-book–A-kid%E2%80%99s-life-in-the-oilfield and click on: download Coops Corner collection . “Weldon’s Stupid Kid” is a humorous account of William Cooper’s foibles during his first trip as a youngster to an Odessa oil field with his father. “It is a valuable lesson in humility,” Cooper says, “and it also shows that it takes a real man to show control when you have energetic young children.”
Printed below is a poem “Lisa Moo-Moo Marie” by William M. Cooper. He describes the poem as really a pattern of human marriage and life commitment – “Putting ourselves in the animal world to express these realities adds a little silly fun to the truths about the married life.”
-Joyce Rhyne
