I am both a poet and a non-fiction writer.

Here is a list of my publications as of today (Jan. 19, 2020):

 

1. Poetry/Fiction

Individual poems I’ve had published:

• “Spiders,” “A Dream,” and “The Gestural Shape of a Woman.” Emergence III, 1996.

 

• “Fat Woman.” Louisville Review, 1997. Reprinted, revised, as “Refrigerator” in Thirteen Myna Birds, 2018.

 

• “Reformed Smoker.” The Kerf. 1998.

 

• “Sleepwalking.” Poetry Motel 27. 1999. Reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/07/sleepwalking-by-eileenmurphy-private.html

 

• “Serial Dreamer (Yes, All in One Night).” Black Dirt. 1999.

 

• Après Moi, Le Déluge [After Me, Annihilation].” George & Mertie’s Place. Feb. 2000.  Reprinted in Post Amerikan No. 6, Dec.-Jan. 2000-2001. Reprinted in Poets Against the War. Sam Hamill, Editor, Thunder Mouth Press, 2003. Reprinted in Autumn Sky Daily, 2017. https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2017/04/13/after-me-annihilation-by-eileen-murphy/

 

• “Lady Lawyer’s Blues” and “Robot Woman, Robot Man.” Neovictorian/Cochlea, 2000.

 

• “My Past Sat Down Beside Me.” Lonzie’s Fried Chicken. Fall 2000.

 

• “I Wish,” “Gone,” “Caterpillar,” and “Waking Up in April.” KotaPress. 2002-2003. ‘’I Wish’’ reprinted in Autumn Sky Daily, April 2018. https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2018/04/03/i-wish-by-eileen-murphy/ “I Wish” reprinted in This Is Poetry, 2018. https://thisispoetry.tumblr.com/tagged/mishmurphy

 

• “Global Warming.” Mudfish 13. 2003. [On short list for Mudfish Poetry Prize.]

 

• “Goodnight.” White Pelican Review. 2003. Reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice. May 17, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/05/goodnight-by-eileen-murphy-isaid-to-my.html

 

• “Space Aliens.” Sunspinner. 2004.

 

• “Cheating.” poetry/memoir/story, 2004. Reprinted in Pittsburgh Poetry Houses, 2016, Reprinted in Rag Queen Periodical,    2018. https://www.ragqueenperiodical.com/singlepost/2018/07/26/1-Poem-by-Eileen-Murphy

 

• “The Nephews in Front of Bright Curtains.” Driftwood. 2005.

 

• “In Heat.” Clare. 2010.

 

• “Tarantino Fever.” Two Hawks Quarterly. 2010.

 

• “Big Bathroom Scale” and “Beef Tips.” Obsession Literary Magazine. 2013. “Big Bathroom Scale” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/06/big-bathroom-scale-by-eileen-murphy-her.html “Beef Tips” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2018. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/07/beef-tips-by-eileen-murphy-i-get-kick.html. 

 

• “the philosopher” and “The Mosquitoes of Mid-Florida.” Straight Forward, 2015. https://straightforwardpoetry.com/#/issueeleve/

 

• “TORTOISE & HARE” and “voice lessons.” Helen: A Literary Magazine. 2015.

 

• “high diver” and “the deer hunter.” Sandhill Review, 2016.

 

• “When the splash of your mind awoke me” and “Buttons.” The Thought Erotic. 2016.https://thethoughterotic.com/?submit=%E2%86%92&s=eileen+murphy

 

• “THE OFFICE DREAMS OF FREEDOM.” Autumn Sky Daily, 2016. https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/?s=The+office+dreams+of+freedom

 

• “Hospital Sonnet.” Rogue Agent, 2016. http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/issue11

 

• “June.” Right Hand Pointing Issue 94, 2016. https://www.righthandpointing.net/94-eileen-murphy

 

• “Encounter #4.” Quarterday Review (Great Britain), 2016.

 

• “The Atticbedroom in My Girlfriend’s House,” “Rabbit,” “Little Helper,” “Game Face,” and “Fifteen.” 13 Myna Birds, 2016. “Little Helper” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/05/littlehelper-four-boys-got-exciting toys.html “Rabbit” reprinted in Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/07/rabbit-by-eileen-murphy-rabbits-body.html Rabbit” and “Little Helper” reprinted in This Is Poetry, 2018.             https://thisispoetry.tumblr.com/tagged/mishmurphy

 

• “After My Brother Kills Himself, I Try on Flowered Muumuus.” Tinderbox Journal, 2016. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize). https://tinderboxpoetry.com/after-my-brother-kills-himself-i-try-on-flowered-muumuus

 

• “Edgewater Beach Drive.” The Offbeat. Vol. 17, 2016. http://offbeat.msu.edu/volume-17-fall-2016/

 

• “First Date,” “the orchid grower,” “Poem for a Bromeliad.” Peacock Journal. 2016. http://peacockjournal.com/eileen-murphy-poems-and-photographs/

 

• “Fortress,” Thank You for Swallowing (UK), 2016. https://thankyouforswallowing.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/red161.pdf

 

• “First Kill,” Thank You for Swallowing (UK), 2016. https://thankyouforswallowing.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/oct16.pdf

 

• “I Stand Here Serving Lunches (At St. Joseph’s Elementary School).” When I Moved Poetry and Prose Series. Silver Birch Press, 2016. https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/?s=murphy 

 

• “the queen of hearts,” “Ache-Stapler-Minnow,” “Inflatable Doll.,” “My Head Lives,” “Mother’s Pregnancy Dream,” “Bad Girl,” “Pancakes,” “Immaculate Conception.,” “Duct Tape Dad,” “Electricity.” Thirteen Myna Birds. 2017.

 

• “Myna Girl.” Thirteen Myna Birds, 2017. [Note: this poem has become a feature on the masthead of the ‘zine Thirteen Myna Birds. See: http://13myna.blogspot.com/]

 

• “Down to Zero.” Deaf Poets Society, 2017. https://www.deafpoetssociety.com/eileen-murphy [includes audio version]

 

• “a king of shreds and patches.” Yes Poetry, 2017. Reprinted in Yes Poetry’s 2017 Anthology #Resist. https://www.yespoetry.com/bookstore/resist-chapbook

 

• “Lost.” Silver Birch Press, 2017. https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/?s=murphy

 

• “the everyday saint.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-everydaysaint-by-eileenmurphy.html

 

• “The Rain Has Lost Its Mind” and “the tattooed man.” The Open Mouse (Scotland), 2017. https://theopenmouse.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/eileen-murphy-two-poems/

 

• “Caravan.” The Open Mouse, 2017. https://theopenmouse.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/eileen-murphy/

 

• “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Rogue Agent, 2017. http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/issue28

 

• “Clouds Cento #5.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/10/clouds-cento-5-found-poem-source-clouds.html

 

• “Homework.” American Journal of Poetry, 2017. http://www.theamericanjournalofpoetry.com/v2-murphy_e.html

 

• “Mother’s Cross of Despair.” Cede Poetry Magazine (Canada), 2017. [ceased publication; no archives]

 

• “Waking Up in October.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2017. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2017/10/waking-up-in-october-by-eileenmurphy.html

 

• “The Geographical Cure,” “Notes from the Dead Via Ouija Board,” and “Evil Me,” Wraith Infirmity Muses, 2017. https://wraithinfirmitymuses.wordpress.com/wraith-infirmity-muses-poetry-1-1/

 

• “The Color of Waiting,” Uppagus, 2017. https://uppagus.com/issue-22/

 

• “The Myna Girl as Queen of Hearts.” “Note to My Upstairs Neighbor—That I Wish I’d Given Her,” “My lips are blond,” and “Wedding Night.” Thirteen Myna Birds, 2018.

 

• “Turkey in the Straw.” SWWIM Every Day, 2018.  https://www.swwim.org/blog/2018/8/23/turkey-in-the-straw-by-eileen-murphy?rq=eileen%20murphy

 

• “the monster.” Dark Ink: A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror, Ed. Eric Morego, Moon Tide Press, 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Ink-Poetry-Anthology-Inspired/dp/0997483768

 

• “Watch Out!” Paper & Ink (Great Britain) 2018. https://www.paperandinkzine.co.uk/ 

 

• “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Remix).” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/05/dog-tags-by-eileen-murphy-there-was.html

 

• “The Florida Anoles.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-floridaanoles-anoles-in-azalea.html

 

• “Dog Tags.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 2018. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/05/dog-tags-by-eileen-murphy-there-was.html  Reprinted in The Open Mouse (Scotland), 2018. https://theopenmouse.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/eileen-murphy-two-poems-2/

 

• “Sunspots.” The Open Mouse, 2018. https://theopenmouse.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/eileen-murphy-two-poems-2/

 

• “The Oystershucker” and “The Necklace: A Shark Has Magic Teeth,” Sandhill Review, 2019.

 

• “Nocturne.” Writing In A Woman’s Voice. 2018. http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/04/nocturne-after-eric-satiegymnopedie-no.html

 

• “Message from My Headache.” Rogue Agent, 2018. http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/emurphy

 

• “Will Written in the White Conference Room.” Tinderbox Journal, 2018. https://tinderboxpoetry.com/will-written-in-the-white-conference-room

 

• “Beekeeper Dream.”  Arsenic Lobster, 2018. http://arseniclobster.magere.com/440701.html

 

• “grade school reunion memory house dream.” Whale Road Review, 2018. http://www.whaleroadreview.com/murphy/

 

• “After Escher.” Sonic Boom, 2018. https://89b51d07-bdbc-4f8c-8b62-740f86360cd5.filesusr.com/ugd/61020d_371f0ba9ac33411898c4de7ea2f57e1f.pdf

 

• Thirteen Myna Birds, 2019:  “happy birthday dream,” “2018 Day of the Dead Report to my friend Suzi (1953-1997),” “Menstruation blues,” “Going,” “What I Remember,” “First Husband,” “The Tampa Incident,” “Waking Up in April.”

Poetry books published:

Fortune Written in Wet Grass, Wapshott Press (forthcoming in 2020)

Poetry Events and Readings

• Polk State College Creative Writing Club: 2014-ongoing.
• Platform Art, Winter Haven, FL, 2016.
• Baha’i Celebration of Oneness, 2018 and 2019.
• 10,000 Poets for Change, Gainesville, FL, 2018.

2. Non-Fiction

Book reviews published:

• “Review of Aperture by Anna Leahy,” Rain Taxi, 2017. http://www.raintaxi.com/aperture/

 

• “‘As Real As Rain’ by John Yamrus/illustrated by Janne Karlsson,” Cultural Weekly, 2017.https://www.culturalweekly.com/as-real-as-rain/ [Considering all writing published by Cultural Weekly in 2017, this review took fourth place as the most- read that year. https://www.culturalweekly.com/cultural-weeklys-top-10-2017/%5D

 

• Review of Enter Here by Alexis Rhone Fancher, Blog of Los Angeles Review of Books, 2018. https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/reviews/fearless-poems-sex-power-enter-alexis-rhone-fancher/

 

• “Review of Junkie Wife by Alexis Rhone Fancher,” Tinderbox Journal, 2018. https://tinderboxpoetry.com/junkie-wife-by-alexis-rhone-fancher

 

• “Review of Never Made in America by Martín Barea Mattos, trans. Mark Statman,” Rain Taxi, 2018. http://www.raintaxi.com/never-made-in-america-selected-poems-of-martin-barea-mattos/ 

 

• “Review of Exclusions & Limitations by Jennifer O’Grady,” Rain Taxi, 2018. http://www.raintaxi.com/exclusions-limitations/

 

• “Review of Cutting Eyes from Ghosts by Arianna Den Bleyker.” Arsenic Lobster, 2018. http://arseniclobster.magere.com/archive/index.html

 

• “Review of This Is Poetry Volume III: Poets of the West,” Ed. Michele McDannold, Loch Raven Review, 2018 https://thelochravenreview.net/this-is-poetry-volume-iii-poets-of-the-west-edited-by-michele-mcdannold-reviewed-by-eileen-murphy/

 

• “Review of The Laura Poems by Juliet Cook.” Glass, 2018. http://www.glass-poetry.com/journal/reviews/murphy-cook.html

 

• “Review of Gallery Withheld by Jennifer Met,” Jarfly Magazine, 2018. https://www.jarflymagazine.com/review-gallery-withheld.html

 

• “Book Review: Xanthippe and Her Friends by Beate Sigriddaughter,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-xanthippe-friends-beate-sigriddaughter/ 

 

• “Review of The Night I Danced with Maya by Colin Will,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-night-danced-maya-colin-will/

 

• “Review of Nasty Women & Bad Hombres: A Poetry Anthology,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/book-review-nasty-women-bad-hombres-a-poetry-anthology/

 

• “Review: Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-paloma-jennifer-e-hudgens/

 

• “Review: Hell and High Water by Wolfgang Carstens,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-hell-and-high-water-wolfgang-carstens/

 

• “Memory Lane, John Yamrus’s Jazzy Memoir,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/memory-lane-john-yamruss-jazzy-memoir/

 

• “Review: Girl with Death Mask by Jennifer Givhan,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-girl-death-mask-jennifer-givhan/

 

• “Review: Dark Purple Intersections (inside my Black Doll Head Irises) by Juliet Cook.” Tinderbox Journal, 2019. https://tinderboxpoetry.com/review-dark-purple-intersections-inside-my-black-doll-head-irises-by-juliet-cook

 

• “Review of Footnotes by Trish Hopkinson,” Tinderbox Journal, 2019. https://tinderboxpoetry.com/review-footnote-by-trish-hopkinson?fbclid=IwAR1on92DUEGztVgXdh9hgHCku2QfQ0PLKuJFmcwxr_na1LalylHw7riCvow

 

• “Review of The Dead Kid Poems by Alexis Rhone Fancher.” Tinderbox Journal, 2019. https://tinderboxpoetry.com/the-dead-kid-poems-by-alexis-rhone-fancher

 

• “John Yamrus and His Noir Memoir RMA,” Cultural Weekly, 2019.      https://www.culturalweekly.com/john-yamrus-noir-memoir-rma/

 

• “Review of Blue Songs in an Open Key: Jazzy Short Stories by Arya F. Jenkins,” Cultural Weekly, 2019. https://www.culturalweekly.com/review-blue-songs-open-key-jazzy-short-stories-arya-f-jenkins/

 

• “Review of Sex & Other Slapsticks by Ellaraine Lockie,” Rain Taxi, 2019. http://www.raintaxi.com/volume-24-number-3-fall-2019-95/.  Reprinted in Cultural Weekly, 2020 (forthcoming in Feb.)

 

Articles I’ve written that were published:

• “’Anna in the Tropics’ Audiences: Before the Play, Get to Know Anna Karenina.” Polk State College News, 2013. https://www.polk.edu/news/anna-in-the-tropics-audiences-before-the-play-get-to-know-anna-karenina/

 

• “Laugh Your Way Through Writer’s Block.” Trish Hopkinson.com, 2017. https://trishhopkinson.com/2017/08/13/laugh-your-way-through-writers-block-guest-blog-post-by-eileen-murphy/

 

• “Dog Fight—For Our Lives,” Cultural Weekly, 2017. https://www.culturalweekly.com/dog-fight-lives/

 

• “Tampa Heights’ Funky Culture,” Cultural Weekly, 2017. https://www.culturalweekly.com/tampa-heights-funky-culture/

 

• “Hurricane Daze,” Cultural Weekly, 2017. https://www.culturalweekly.com/hurricane-daze/

 

• “Music in the Wilderness,” Cultural Weekly, 2017. https://www.culturalweekly.com/music-in-the-wilderness/

 

• “AWP, Tampa: Fun in the Sun?” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/awp-conference-tampa-fun-sun/

 

• “A Moving Target: What Disability Taught Me,” Trish Hopkinson.com, 2018. https://trishhopkinson.com/2018/08/12/a-moving-target-what-disability-taught-me-guest-blog-post-by-eileen-murphy/

 

Interviews I’ve conducted:

• “Join John Yamrus on Memory Lane,” Cultural Weekly, 2018. https://www.culturalweekly.com/join-john-yamrus-on-memory-lane/

 

• “Derek Menchan: The Motorcycle of Invention.” Cultural Weekly, 2019. https://www.culturalweekly.com/derek-menchan-motorcycle-inspiration/

 

• “Interview of Writer/Publisher Juliet Cook,” Cultural Weekly, 2019 https://www.culturalweekly.com/interview-writerpublisher-juliet-cook/

 

• “’Inner Phoenix’: Interview with Derek Menchan,” Cultural Weekly, 2020 (January 9). https://www.culturalweekly.com/inner-phoenix-interview-with-derek-menchan/

 

• “Interview of Poet Ellaraine Lockie,” Cultural Weekly, 2020 (forthcoming in  Feb.).

 

Articles about me/Interviews of me

 

• “Eileen Murphy,” by Arya-Francesca Jenkins, WritersnReaders, 2017. http://writersnreadersii.blogspot.com/2017/10/eileen-murphy.html

 

• “Talk with Me: Mish (Eileen) Murphy.” Podcast by Marcia Epstein, 2018. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/briarcliffmedia/talk-with-me/e/52870072

 

• “For the Love of Dogs: Interview with Artist Mish,” Arya F. Jenkins. Cultural Weekly, 2019. https://www.culturalweekly.com/for-the-love-of-dogs/

 

• “The Arts: Polk State professor’s ‘Pups on Parade’ exhibit on display in Lakeland,” Donna Kelly, The Ledger, 2019. https://www.theledger.com/news/20190809/arts-polk-state-professors-pups-on-parade-exhibit-on-display-in-lakeland

 

• “Mixed Media Artist Mish Lets the Dogs Out.” Cultural Weekly [Feature], 2019 https://www.culturalweekly.com/mixed-media-artist-mish-lets-dogs/

 

Activities:

• Staff writer for Cultural Weekly magazine (Aug. 2017-ongoing).