Bücher von Michelle Murphy

The third book of poetry by Reno, Nevada, based poet, Michelle Murphy. Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss sings the praises of Murphy's new book: "The poems in Michelle Murphy's Disheveled Histories both echo the dishevelment and bring order to family history, personal history, the natural history of the body, and the land on which it resides, where "[t]hese rapids spit out / trailer hitch, tangled lures, / dime-size locket, crumbled jacket," and where "even a butterfly / can anger God." Murphy uncovers a sort of defiant eternity in her poems, though not the easy kind. Regarding a brother, who takes his own life by leaping from the Golden Gate bridge, she writes: "Even your father, his / history, moth-holed / almost laughs when / your urn refuses / to sink under the waves. / Nothing ends." Michelle Murphy has written a beautiful, gutsy, and restorative collection."

Something sinister is happening in Willows EdgeAll Lanie Alacore wants to do is make her new apothecary a success. But she quickly realizes that there's more to protecting the province than mixing a couple tinctures.Fae youth have been disappearing all over the province and Lanie finds herself caught up in the mystery. With her claim to her grandmother's wardenship contested, a werewolf and prince vying for her attention, and her best friend in a coma, Lanie sets out to track down a missing teen.Can she solve the mystery in time or will Lanie become the next victim?Lost Girl meets the Dresden Files. The Alacore's Apothecary series is perfect for lovers of urban fantasy with a dash of spice and a side of mystery.

A letter from a stranger shattered my grasp on reality.Abandoned by my family and trapped beneath a curse, I thought I was destined to a life of movie nights with my plants. When I inherited my grandmother's shop I discovered a world of mythical creatures, magical potions, and pleasure I didn't know was possible. I'm not who I thought I was, and a new hope is blooming inside me.But someone murdered my grandmother to steal her powers and now they're after me. Now that I know who I am I'll fight for my new life 'til the bitter end.Can I sort through the past to stop the murderer before they finish the job?The Alacore's Apothecary series is perfect for lovers of urban fantasy with a dash of spice and a side of mystery.

Michelle Murphy examines the ways in which efforts at population control since World War II have tied reproduction to neoliberal capitalism, showing how data collection practices have been used to quantify the value of a human life in terms of its ability to improve the nation-state's gross domestic product.

Michelle Murphy knows how to 'unzip the stringed heart and strum it naked,' harmonizing the noise of the blood with the news of memory. Murphy's deep song awakens a fabulist dreamscape where broken pieces of lived experience unexpectedly fit together. The homecoming that happens in Murphy's poetry is the wild coincidence of word and world.Andrew Joron author of The Absolute Letter (Flood Editions)