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Peter Murphy’s Prompts and the Poems They Inspired
Edited by Christine Malvasi
Foreword by Stephen Dunn
Illustrations by David Sipress
Jane Street Press 1st Edition
Publication Date: January 15, 2012
**Special Events**
Peter Murphy’s Prompts and the Poems They Inspired
This anthology compiles a selection of
Peter Murphy’s infamous and
eccentric poetry-writing prompts. For 18 years he’s shared these
prompts at his annual
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway in New Jersey,
and this collection features a sampling of the many diverse and
wonderful poems that they’ve inspired.
 From the Foreword by Stephen Dunn
"Peter's approach to teaching poetry writing is unique and
uniquely effective…. [his] quirky prompts have given way to
poems that range from humorous to serious, from affectionate to
nostalgic. They’ll take their place among the workshops, panels,
good meals, and late night dancing—the pleasures that abound at
the Getaway."
Svea Barrett - Laure-Anne Bosselaar -
Shirley J. Brewer - Michael Broek
Kathleen Corcoran - Jin Ho Cordaro - Barbara
Daniels - Emari DiGiorgio
Catherine Doty - Karen Zaborowski Duffy -
Stephen Dunn - R. G. Evans
Laura Anne Freedgood - Douglas Goetsch - Jan
Goldman - Kathleen Graber
Mary Olmsted Greene - Ona Gritz - Lois Marie
Harrod - Shawn Regina Jones
Dorianne Laux - Marcia LeBeau - Laura
McCullough - Benjamin Paloff
Wanda S. Praisner - James Richardson - Cindy
Savett - J. C. Todd - Pat Valdata
Donna Vorreyer - Paul-Victor Winters - David
W. Worrell - P. Ivan Young
Click below for an extended version of the appendix that appears
in the book.
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Try one of
Peter's infamous
and eccentric prompts.
ARHU Presents
Challenges for the Delusional Poetry Reading
Featuring Stephen Dunn and other anthology contributors
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 8 - 10 pm
Richard Stockton College
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205
Room: MCL 112 (L-Wing - Adjoining the Art Gallery)
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Free
Challenges for the Delusional, edited by Christine Malvasi, is a
unique anthology of Peter Murphy’s quirky writing prompts from the
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway and the published poems they inspired.
The reading will conclude with a writing prompt to take away.
Confirmed Readers - As of Feb. 17, 2012
Jin Cordaro - Barbara Daniels - Emari
DiGiorgio - Stephen Dunn - R. G. Evans
J. C. Todd - Pat Valdata - Paul-Victor
Winters - Dave Worrell
Paperback: 106 pages
Publisher:
Jane
Street Press 1st Edition (January 15, 2012)
ISBN: 978-0-9723943-8-3
Edited by Christine Malvasi
Assisted by Stephanie Cawley
Foreword by Stephen Dunn
Introduction by Peter E. Murphy
Illustrations by David Sipress
Illustrations by Melissa Szalkowski
"I have been to 11 Getaways and 17 of the poems I drafted there
have been published! If you ever get discouraged and wonder why you
are looking up obscure quotations or packing up boxes of postcards,
I can tell you that your goofy prompts/ variations/ challenges for
the delusional really work. 17 poems I would not have written if not
for you, Peter. Thank you for helping me become a poet."
~ Pat, Elkton, MD - More
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