Tim Murphy is not just one of our finest living poets, and the only one I know who celebrates what I have called "our Siberia", the chilly plains of North Dakota. He is a living rebuke to stereotypes: a farmer, a businessman, a Yale graduate who studied under Robert Penn Warren; a classicist who writes about dogs; a gay man who is a practicing Catholic; perhaps above all, at least for subjects, a passionate bird hunter who has written the only poetry collection I know of that is dedicated to hunting. I have written about him in my book of one hundred books. Here he talks about all these subjects and more on North Dakota TV.
3 comments:
Looks pretty good.
I've never heard of him, but that was worth watching.
Murphy's "Hunter's log" is a much welcomed addition to anyone's hunting library.
This fellow might be one to keep an eye on too, he has a lot of hunting poetry in his blog.
http://uplandish.blogspot.com/
Great stuff! Bookmarked, & thanks.
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