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CHRISTAL ANN RICE COOPER aka Car Cooper is a newspaper writer, feature stories writer, poet, fiction writer, photographer, and painter. She read an essay I

Citric Acid, An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination, generously gave me the space in their latest issue to celebrate the

Voyage LA gave me the chance to talk about my routine, my mother, and whether or not I’m tap dancing to work. (Spoiler alert, I

Francesca Lia Block believes that “the very best way to learn to write, and read, is to closely study fine writing”, which is why she

Women’s Writer, Women’s Books published my essay “Imposter or Outsider” in their latest blog post. Here are two snippets. “Feeling like you don’t “fit in” to

I’ve been an Orange County woman since 1966 when I was fourteen and my father’s aerospace job transferred him to Santa Monica from Charlotte, North

I’m grateful to have an essay included in a new anthology, Grief Like Yours: A Story Collection of Life after Loss which released on June 3rd.

It was unbelievable at the recent Ear launch party, to not only have a poem included in the latest issue but to also be named

The latest issue of Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly was just released. This one includes an essay from me about writing

Gina Rae Duran is a force for literary citizenship. One of her podcasts “Collective Revolution for Feminist Creators” focuses on everyday people to share the

Author/teacher Victoria Waddle gave me a chance to talk about publishing with She Writes Press in her terrific substack “Be A Cactus.” It turns out

I’m so happy to have been invited to be a guest on Irvine Valley College’s Eardrum Podcast. I talked to a student named Jed for