Teresa Burns Murphy

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Beth Konkoski’s insightful short story collection, A DRAWN & PAPERED HEART.

Loralee Clark’s poetry collection, SOLEMNITY RITES, is an eloquent exploration of sacred practices that have held cultures together from ancient times to the present. In our current season of social fragmentation, SOLEMNITY RITES is a poignant reminder that connection is essential.

Abundant in verve and compassion, Julene Tripp Weaver’s SLOW NOW WITH CLEAR SKIES is a wonderful collection of poems. @trippweavpoet.bsky.social

"The Topology of My Bones" by Teresa Burns Murphy Mother discovers curves,unlike the abstract curvesshe studied in topology,as she traces the trajectoryof my spine, twistingbeneath her fingertips,bones winding like a road,destination unknown…

"He points to the deviant course
my bones have taken."

I’m honored to have a poem in this issue of The Broadkill Review. @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social

Thank you for including my poem in this issue.

I’m delighted to have a poem in this issue of Cool Beans Lit Magazine. @coolbeanslit.bsky.social

I’m honored to have a poem in this anthology.

I’m grateful to The Mid-American Review for publishing this poem.

I’m so happy to be a participant in this reading.

No Cookies for Popes A Week of Watching the World Celebrate the Conclave’s Spectacle of Male Supremacy

This is worth a read. Even as a secular person, it's easy to get lost in the pageantry. Ritual is something most churches do to awe-inspiring effect. Enough to forget the blatant misogyny? Let's not. Let's name it. @sorayachemaly.bsky.social

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At a time when practically everything seems unstable, Gemma Hartley’s book, FED UP: EMOTIONAL LABOR, WOMEN, AND THE WAY FORWARD, provides guidance for living a more balanced life. Unpaid work, which often goes unnoticed, is a topic that receives far too little attention.

This is one of my favorite books ever. I have lost track of the number of times I have read THE EVOLUTION OF BIRDS by Sara Hills. @sarahillswrites.bsky.social

You are so welcome! Loved your book!!

Patricia Q. Bidar’s novelette, WILD PLUMS, is a marvelous read. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social

The waning days of 2024 seem like the perfect time to reread Kate Manne’s insightful book, DOWN GIRL: THE LOGIC OF MISOGYNY. @katemanne.bsky.social

‘Accelerant’, ‘Thrum’, ‘A Simplification’ & ‘Us’ — THE WORD'S FAIRE K Weber (she/her) is an Ohio writer with 11 online books of poetry. She obtained her Creative Writing BA in 1999 from Miami University. K writes independently and collaboratively, having created poems...

i had 4 poems published at The Word’s Faire this week: www.thewordsfaire.com/words/accele...

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Blue sky, white clouds float
over an Amsterdam street,
slick with autumn rain.

Many thanks to THE BOOKENDS REVIEW for publishing my poem, “Cinders.” Written from the perspective of a character named Joy, “Cinders” is from my work in progress. All the best to everyone who, like Joy, resists patriarchy.
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An American in Denmark participates in a study designed to help him retrieve his earliest memories with the intention of discovering the genesis of his Tourette syndrome in K.E. Semmel’s heartbreaking, humorous, and hopeful novel. THE BOOK OF LOSMAN is a wonderful read. @kesemmel.bsky.social

‘Horse School’, ‘Heart Study’& ‘The Secrets of Water and Air’ — THE WORD'S FAIRE Teresa Burns Murphy is the author of a novel, The Secret to Flying (TigerEye Publications). Her writing has been published in several places, including Chicago Quarterly Review, Evening Street Review...

Happy to have three new poems, “Horse School,” “Heart Study,” and “The Secrets of Water and Air,” published by The Word’s Faire, an independent press based in Dayton, Ohio.
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I just finished reading Mike Hixenbaugh’s book, THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS. I recommend it to anyone who is concerned about what is happening with America’s public schools. @mikehixenbaugh.bsky.social

You are so welcome. About that acrostic—My sentiments exactly! 💖😎💖

The personal is the political in Leslie Pietrzyk’s collection of DC-based stories. I really enjoyed reading ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE. @lesliepwriter.bsky.social

Thanks, Linda!

The 2024 Hudson Prize: Finalists & Semi-Finalists - Black Lawrence Press We’d like to thank all of the poets and writers who participated in the 2024 Hudson Prize. And we are pleased to announce the finalists and semi-finalists: Prose Finalists The Earth Room – Dana Diehl ...

I got such a nice note yesterday from the editor of Black Lawrence Press letting me know that my short story collection has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2024 Hudson Prize. blacklawrencepress.com/the-2024-hud...

Just a couple of publications there. Chicago is a wonderful place, but I don’t live there.

How to Tell Your Teenage Daughter - River & South Review by Teresa Burns Murphy Don’t say cancer. Use leukemia instead, or better still blood disorder. Realize this conversation might trigger a flashback to the pancreatic cancer that killed her best friend...

I’m grateful to River and South Review – particularly Alexandra Thomas, the managing editor, and H.T. Reynolds and Tasha Saint-Louis, the poetry editors – for publishing my poem, “How to Tell Your Teenage Daughter.”
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Many thanks to THE BOOKENDS REVIEW for publishing my poem, “Cinders.” Written from the perspective of a character named Joy, “Cinders” is from my work in progress. All the best to everyone who, like Joy, resists patriarchy.
thebookendsreview.com/2024/06/10/c...