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dad/poet/educator/tradesman/gardener/bodhrán player/former boxer 🇮🇪🇸🇮 Winner, The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in poetry, 2024 (ESTATE SALE: University of Utah Press, 2025) https://uofupress.com/books/estate-sale/ www.dmurphy.online

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David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 3d

Now is an excellent time to register for this:

David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 4d

Less than a month away!!!!

Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org.

Register now at:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Bearded Bards
Of BlueSky

Online readings to raise funds for Tans Lifeline.

November 8, 2025
Featuring:
Todd Dillard
Brian Spears
Matthew E. Henry
James McConachie
David J. Bauman
Jonathan Everitt

https://beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

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Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 20d

Hey, look who's (kinda) in the Boston Globe:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/a...

Excited to read from my book ESTATE SALE tonight alongside two excellent poets, Nathanael O'Reilly & Antonina Palisano. 7pm at the Grolier in Harvard Sq. #poetsky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Text from Boston Globe digital: Dan Murphy ("Estate Sale"), Nathanael O'Reilly ("(Un)belonging"), and Nina Palisano are
introduced by Karl Kirchwey to read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via
Zoom. (Reservation is required.)

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 20d

Hey, look who's (kinda) in the Boston Globe:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/a...

Excited to read from my book ESTATE SALE tonight alongside two excellent poets, Nathanael O'Reilly & Antonina Palisano. 7pm at the Grolier in Harvard Sq. #poetsky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Text from Boston Globe digital: Dan Murphy ("Estate Sale"), Nathanael O'Reilly ("(Un)belonging"), and Nina Palisano are
introduced by Karl Kirchwey to read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via
Zoom. (Reservation is required.)

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 20d

Big congrats to @lukejohnsonpoet.bsky.social on the publication of his #poetry collection, DISTRIBUTARY. Can’t wait to dive into it, hopefully this weekend? 🤞😆 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsky

A poetry book on a wood counter: Distributary by Luke Johnson. The cover appears to be an atmospheric painting with dark coloring, a bird squawking, the moon centered, but distant, a figure holding an old lantern, maybe.

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Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

TONIGHT!

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

Hey #poets/ #poetry readers—I’m reading from my book tomorrow at Lala Books in #Lowell, Mass. Poets Paul Marion & Nina Palisano will join me. Nina just had her book published, too. @akasomeguy.bsky.social chose it as winner of the 2024 Tomaž Šalamun Prize! Come by at 6:30. #poetsky #writingcommunity

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

TONIGHT!

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

Hey #poets/ #poetry readers—I’m reading from my book tomorrow at Lala Books in #Lowell, Mass. Poets Paul Marion & Nina Palisano will join me. Nina just had her book published, too. @akasomeguy.bsky.social chose it as winner of the 2024 Tomaž Šalamun Prize! Come by at 6:30. #poetsky #writingcommunity

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

And here’s some more info: richardhowe.com/2025/09/17/p...

RichardHowe.com | Poets Murphy, Palisano, & Marion (Sept. 19, Lala Books, Lowell)

richardhowe.com

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · 26d

Hey #poets/ #poetry readers—I’m reading from my book tomorrow at Lala Books in #Lowell, Mass. Poets Paul Marion & Nina Palisano will join me. Nina just had her book published, too. @akasomeguy.bsky.social chose it as winner of the 2024 Tomaž Šalamun Prize! Come by at 6:30. #poetsky #writingcommunity

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Sep 13

At Boston U.. 7:00. this Monday, September 15, 2025, some wonderful poets, my former students, conspire to make me happy and embarrassed.

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 14

Lovely poem—thanks for sharing!

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Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hey! Here's a new poem by @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social

Walking After: A Poem by David Rosenthal - Identity Theory

Everything is fraught / with terror when one’s life is blessed / by saving.

www.identitytheory.com

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Sep 10

Delighted to share the rescheduled date for the reading with @dmurphy.bsky.social and Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.

This event will now be held on Sunday, November 23rd at 3pm EST (12pm PST).

Register using the link below:

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Sep 7

Quoted when (and where) least expected . . .

#familyguy #funny

YouTube video by CenteralToon

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Pub Day to TERMINAL SURREAL and the beautiful soul that will always be Martha Silano 🩷💜

@marthasilano.bsky.social
@acrebooks.bsky.social

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @seanthomasd.bsky.social · Aug 30

Reprise of Four Poems in the wonderful Public School Poetry.

www.publicschoolpoetry.com/sean-thomas-...

Sean Thomas Dougherty | Public School Poetry

www.publicschoolpoetry.com

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Aug 23

UPDATE: Robert regrets to share that due to unforeseen circumstances, he will be unable to read at tomorrow’s event with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom and @dmurphy.bsky.social .

More information re: event status, rescheduling, etc. will be shared shortly. Please stay tuned.

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Aug 21

In just four days, Robert Pinsky and @dmurphy.bsky.social will be reading with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.

Join us on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm Eastern, 9pm Paris) for this free event moderated by Cecilia Woloch.

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom with Robert Pinsky & Dan Murphy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom with Robert Pinsky & Dan Murphy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

us02web.zoom.us

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 17

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY

#booksky #poetry #poetryreading #EstateSale #ProverbsofLimbo

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY: I’ll be reading from #EstateSale w the inimitable Robert Pinsky (@rpinsky.bsky.social) on Cecilia Woloch’s Zoom reading series. Limited space, & preregistration req, so sign up here, if interested: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
#poetsky

CECILIA WOLOCH & FRIENDS POETRY ON ZOOM PRESENTS A CELEBRATION OF NEW BOOKS BY
ROBERT PINSKY
3-TIME US POET LAUREATE
& DAN
MURPHY
WINNER OF THE AGHA SHAHID ALI PRIZE IN POETRY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
NOON PACIFIC * 3PM EASTERN* 9 PM PARIS
FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF READING BY CECILIA AND A Q&A * ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Aug 14

This book is epic as it is excellent. I can’t recommend it enough. An essential read about a singular person, life and mind.

Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · Aug 14

So glad I got my new @bostonglobe.com colleague Chris Vognar to review the gorgeous new James Baldwin biography by Nicholas Boggs. In print on Sunday. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/a...

On James Baldwin and the power of love - The Boston Globe

Nicholas Bogg's biography of Baldwin is a lucid, propulsive, compassionate and deeply researched portrait of a writer and thinker whose wisdom the country has too often failed to heed.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · Aug 14

🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!

Pre-order link in comments!

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Seen in #Ljubljana:

“SVOBODA PALESTINI
FREE PALESTINE”

#freepalestine #peaceforpalestinians

Restaurant in Ljubljana with tables and chairs under an awning outside and cobblestones below. On a stucco wall behind restaurant patrons, a sign on a chalkboard that reads:

“SVOBODA
PALESTINI
FREE
PALESTINE”

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Jonathan T. Bailey @baileyimages.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wow. It’s hard to find the right words for what this has meant to me.

🌞 The Sun Has Shifted As Have I is coming April 2026 from Torrey House Press. Preorders launched today!!! You can preorder your copy via the link in my bio. It will be available everywhere else very soon!

#books #poetry

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ministry of Truth

Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY: I’ll be reading from #EstateSale w the inimitable Robert Pinsky (@rpinsky.bsky.social) on Cecilia Woloch’s Zoom reading series. Limited space, & preregistration req, so sign up here, if interested: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
#poetsky

CECILIA WOLOCH & FRIENDS POETRY ON ZOOM PRESENTS A CELEBRATION OF NEW BOOKS BY
ROBERT PINSKY
3-TIME US POET LAUREATE
& DAN
MURPHY
WINNER OF THE AGHA SHAHID ALI PRIZE IN POETRY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
NOON PACIFIC * 3PM EASTERN* 9 PM PARIS
FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF READING BY CECILIA AND A Q&A * ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Robert Pinsky @rpinsky.bsky.social · Aug 9

Robert Pinsky and Dan Murphy are reading at Cecilia Woloch's Poetry & Friends.

This event will take place on Zoom on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm EST; 9pm Paris Time).

Use the link below to register.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom with Robert Pinsky & Dan Murphy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom with Robert Pinsky & Dan Murphy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

us02web.zoom.us