Erin Murphy (poet)
Erin Murphy is an American poet who is credited with inventing the demi-sonnet. She received her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Washington College, and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers. Murphy is Professor of English and Creative Writing faculty at The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College.
Publications
Books
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Other
Murphy's poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as The Georgia Review, The Southern Humanities Review, Women's Studies Quarterly,, Field, Nimrod, Subtropics, The Paterson Literary Review, Literal Latte, Mississippi Review, Green Mountains Review, Kalliope and 180 More Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, edited by Billy Collins.Other awards
Murphy's other awards include the National Writers Union Poetry Award, the Normal School Poetry Prize judged by Nick Flynn, the Readers Choice Award, a 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.
She is of Blair County.
She was named Penn State University's inaugural for the Big Ten Academic Alliance for 2023-25.