Joddy Murray

Poet

Fort Worth, TX
Texas US
Email: 
joddy@morrismurray.net
Website: 
personal.tcu.edu/jmurray/

Author's Bio

I consider myself a lyrical poet who is not interested in creating a narrative. The poetry that draws me in puts extreme pressure on language itself, bending it, even breaking it at times. I strive to "utter the unutterable."

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
American Literary Review
,
Baltimore Review
,
Berkeley Poetry Review
,
Cairn
,
Carquinez Poetry Review
,
Cider Press Review
,
Confrontation
,
Distillery
,
Ducts Magazine
,
Epicenter
,
Eureka Literary Magazine
,
Half Tones to Jubilee
,
Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review
,
Hawai'i Review
,
Hollins Critic
,
Hubbub
,
Iodine Poetry Journal
,
Kiosk
,
Limestone
,
Louisville Review
,
Lumina
,
Madison Review
,
Meat Whistle Quarterly
,
Meridian
,
Mindprints
,
Minetta Review
,
New Orleans Review
,
Oregon East
,
Owen Wister Review
,
Pacific Review
,
Paper Street
,
Passages North
,
Phantasmagoria
,
Phoebe
,
Pikeville Review
,
Plainsongs
,
Poetry East
,
Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine
,
Portland Review
,
Red Brick Review
,
River Oak Review
,
riverSedge
,
Sanskrit
,
Spillway Magazine
,
Spoon River Poetry Review
,
Sulphur River Literary Review
,
Crazyhorse
,
Talking River Review
,
Texas Review
,
The Griffin
,
West Wind Review
,
Wisconsin Review
,
Zone 3
Prizes won: 

Academy of American Poetry College Prize (1990)
Denny Poetry Anthology (Hon Mention)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Sea Change by Jorie Graham, The Ardors by Kathleen Peirce, Present Company by W.S. Merwin

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles
Raised in: 
Grand Junction, CO
Colorado
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Last update: Nov 16, 2015