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Sheila E Murphy is the author
of numerous collections

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of poems including Teth
which was published by Chax

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Press, local press here.

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Tommy and Neil also by a local
Tucson press, Sun/Gemini Press.

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And Falling in Love with You
Syntax, Concentricity, Letters

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to Unfinished J. And
imminently forthcoming

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is Green Tea with Ginger
and Proof of Silhouettes.

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Is that out yet or is that--

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Coming.

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Ok, coming.

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Murphy has received
the Gertrude Stein

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award for innovative writing.

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And she lives in Phoenix
where she and Beverly Carver

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co-founded and
coordinated for 12 years

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the Scottsdale Center for
the Arts Poetry Series, which

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brought a lot of Arizona
poets into Scottsdale, reading

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for a really interesting
and significant event there

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at the Scottsdale
Center for the Arts.

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Her work in Acumen is said
to be lyrical but elusive.

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The image is bright and clear
with an intriguing musicality

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which is not surprising
since she's been

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a flutist since the age of 10.

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And in Taproot,
her work is said

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to balance a fine line
between pure ineffable

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abstraction and an attention to
the ordinary autobiographically

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oriented life.

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Acumen and taproot comprise
the soul of Murphy's work.

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The allusive and the elusive,
the composition both musical

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and material create a shelter
of sorts in each poem.

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We're lucky to have her here.

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Thanks for coming.

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Please welcome Sheila Murphy.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you, Frances for
the lovely and generous

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introduction.

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And thank you Anne
for having me here.