Two Poems
by Erin Murphy
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Erin Murphy is the author or editor of sixteen books, most recently Swoon: New and Selected Poems, Human Resources, Mother as Conjunction: Lyric Essays, and Fluent in Blue, winner of the 2025 American Book Fest Best Book Award in Poetry. She is poetry editor of The Summerset Review and professor of English at Penn State University where she has been named the 2026-27 Penn State Laureate. Her favorite vacation spot is Rehoboth Beach. Website: www.erin-murphy.com
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