Sheila E. Murphy uses
language like a weapon to break all kinds of rules. Her poems are like
songs jumping off the page with a rhythm all their own. Her most
recent book is INCESSANT SEEDS (Pavement Saw Press, 2005). In addition
to her individual writing, she has been actively engaged in
collaborations, and in recent years is doing visual poetry. Her home is
in Phoenix.
Sheila E. Murphy's book
manuscript Letters to Unfinished J. was selected in this year's
open poetry competition sponsored by Sun & Moon Press, and will be
published by Sun & Moon. Dennis Phillips was the judge. Falling
in Love Falling in Love With You Syntax: Selected and New Poems has
just been released by Potes & Poets Press. Recent works include A
Clove of Gender (Stride Press, 1995). Murphy's work has been widely
anthologized, most recently in Fever Dreams: Contemp orary Arizona
Poetry (The University of Arizona Press, 1997) and The Gertrude
Stein Awards in Contemporary Poetry (Sun & Moon Press, 1994,
1995). The Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series recently brought
out an autobiography of Sheila E. Murphy, including photographs of
Murphy with family and friends.
Sheila
Murphy co-founded with Beverly Carver and continues to coordinate the
Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series, now in its eleventh
season. Murphy is President of the management consulting firm Sheila
Murphy Associates.
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