J. California Cooper

Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns

de J. California Cooper

J. California Cooper’s irresistible collection of new stories explores the universal themes of romance, family, and the hopes that propel people’s dreams. In “As Time Goes By” a young woman singlemindedly...

Life is Short But Wide

de J. California Cooper

Like the small towns J. California Cooper has so vividly portrayed in her previous novels, Wideland, Oklahoma, is home to ordinary Americans with big hearts. Among them are newlyweds Irene and Val, who graciously...

The Matter Is Life

de J. California Cooper

A fourth collection of stories by the award-winning author.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

A Piece of Mine: Stories

de J. California Cooper

Back in print after more than five years, this is the extraordinary first short story collection by the author of Family.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Family

de J. California Cooper

In this wise, beguiling, beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, an award-winning playwright and author paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always, born a slave, and four generations of her...

In Search of Satisfaction

de J. California Cooper

The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her  constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora  Neale Hurston, but through four collections of  short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper  has...

Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories

de J. California Cooper

Whether through her stories or her legendary readings, J. California Cooper has an uncanny ability to reach out to readers like an old and dear friend.  Her characters are plain-spoken and direct: simple people...

The Future Has a Past: Stories

de J. California Cooper

From the beloved author of Family and A Piece of Mine comes a dazzling new collection of stories featuring ordinary women who discover that love sometimes comes when you least expect it.

Vinnie is an overworked...

Some People, Some Other Place

de J. California Cooper

For generations Eula Too’s family has been making a journey North, year after year, step by painful step; and she’s determined to be the one to make it all the way to Chicago. In and out of school, taking...