Erin Murphy is an American
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
who is credited with inventing the
demi-sonnet. She received her B.A. in English and Philosophy from
Washington College
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, and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst's
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
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Organizations
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* Movement of the Forces of the Future (french: Mouvement des Forc ...
(MFA Fellowship recipient). Murphy is Professor of English and Creative Writing faculty at The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College.
Publications
Books
* ''Dislocation and Other Theories'' (Word Press, 2008)
* ''Science of Desire'' (Word Press, 2004), a finalist for the Paterson
Poetry
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Prize.
* ''Too Much of this World'' (Mammoth Books, 2008), winner of the
Anthony Piccione
Anthony Piccione (July 3, 1939 – November 18, 2001) was an American poet. Born in Sheffield, Alabama, and raised on Long Island.
He is author of four collections of poetry published by BOA Editions, Ltd., the Rochester, NY publishing house f ...
Poetry Prize.
* ''Making Poems: Forty Poems with Commentary by the Poets'' (State University of New York Press, 2010)
* ''Word Problems'' (Word Press, 2011)
* ''Distant Glitter'' (Word Poetry, 2013)
* ''Ancilla'' (Lamar University Press, 2014)
* ''Assisted Living'' (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2018), winner of the Brick Road Poetry Prize
Other
Murphy's poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as ''
The Georgia Review
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'', ''
The Southern Humanities Review'', ''
Women's Studies Quarterly
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'', ''
Field
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'', ''
Nimrod
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'', ''
Subtropics
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'', ''The Paterson Literary Review'', ''
Literal Latte'', ''
Mississippi Review
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'', ''
Green Mountains Review
''Green Mountains Review'' is an American literary journal published biannually at Johnson State College in Vermont, founded by senior editor Neil Shepard and currently edited by Elizabeth Powell and Jacob White.
''Green Mountains Review'' was ...
'', ''
Kalliope
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'' and ''180 More Extraordinary Poems for Every Day'', edited by
Billy Collins
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(Random House, 2005).
Other awards
Murphy's other awards include the
National Writers Union
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Poetry Award (judged by
Donald Hall
Donald Andrew Hall Jr. (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and includin ...
), the Normal School Poetry Prize judged by Nick Flynn, a $5,000 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Award, numerous Pushcart Prize nominations, the Foley Poetry Award, University of Massachusetts M.F.A. Poetry Fellowship, a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, and an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Murphy was inducted into the Blair County Arts Hall of Fame on October 8, 2015.
References
External links
personal website
Erin Murphy/Distant Glitter at Word Poetry BooksErin Murphy/Making Poems at SUNY Press*
ttp://www.wordpoetrybooks.com/murphy.html Erin Murphy/Science of Desire at Word Poetry BooksReview of Science of Desire in The Georgia Review; see "Book Briefs"Erin Murphy at America Magazine"Dear Fringe" on Verse Daily"Dear Winged" on Verse Daily
21st-century American poets
Living people
American women poets
University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program for Poets & Writers alumni
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Washington College alumni
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