Erin Murphy (poet)
Erin Murphy is an American poet.
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[edit] Publications - Books
- Dislocation and Other Theories (Word Press, 2008)
- Science of Desire (Word Press, 2004), a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize.
- Too Much of this World (Mammoth Books, 2008), winner of the Anthony Piccione Poetry Prize.
- Making Poems: Forty Poems with Commentary by the Poets (State University of New York Press, 2010)
- Word Problems (forthcoming from Word Press, 2011)
[edit] Other awards
Murphy's other awards include the National Writers Union Poetry Award (judged by Donald Hall), a $5,000 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Award, five Pushcart Prize nominations, the 2006 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.
[edit] Publications - Other
Murphy's poems have appeared journals and anthologies such as The Georgia Review, Field, Nimrod, The Paterson Literary Review, Literal Latte, Mississippi Review, Green Mountains Review, Kalliope and 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, edited by Billy Collins (Random House, 2005).
[edit] Education
- B.A. in English and Philosophy from Washington College
- M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers.
[edit] Career
She serves on the English and Creative Writing faculty at The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College, where she is a tenured associate professor.
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- [1] -- personal website
- Erin Murphy/Dislocation and Other Theories at Word Press
- Erin Murphy/Science of Desire at Word Press
- Review of Science of Desire in The Georgia Review; see "Book Briefs"
- Erin Murphy at America Magazine
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