{"product_id":"assisted-living-9780997955941","title":"Assisted Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Erin Murphy's invented form, the demi-sonnet, is small but alarmingly penetrative....These poems, simultaneously eerie and straightforward, exert a cumulative effect as they disclose the haunted domestic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --Claire Bateman, author of \u003cem\u003eSCAPE\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLOCALS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Murphy chisels words down to their musical rawness, providing us a poetry so well-wrought it is unforgettable, a charm against time's erasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --James Allen Hall, author of \u003cem\u003eNOW YOU'RE THE ENEMY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eASSISTED LIVING\u003c\/em\u003e by Erin Murphy is comprised of seventy-two demi-sonnets, a seven-line poetic form that she devised. The poems encompass the life span experience, ranging from childhood to aging and caregiving. A section is devoted to poems based on Murphy's late mother-in-law, Ann Palmer De Prospo, an accomplished pianist who was the leader of the Major Bowes All-Girl Band in the 1930s. De Prospo died in 2013 at the age of 99.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems from this Brick Road Prize-winning collection have appeared in \u003cem\u003eBARRELHOUSE, REVIEW AMERICANA, THE SUMMERSET REVIEW, CHEAT RIVER REVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. A selection of the poems was published in the chapbook \u003cem\u003eREMORSE CODE\u003c\/em\u003e as part of the Seven Kitchens Press Keystone Chapbook Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Murphy is the author of six previous collections of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eANCILLA\u003c\/em\u003e (Lamar University Press) and editor of three anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eMAKING POEMS: FORTY POEMS WITH COMMENTARY BY THE POETS\u003c\/em\u003e (SUNY Press) and the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eBODIES OF TRUTH: PERSONAL NARRATIVES ON ILLNESS, DISABILITY, AND MEDICINE\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Nebraska Press). Her awards include the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize, the Foley Poetry Award, the National Writers' Union Poetry Award judged by Donald Hall, and The Normal School Poetry Prize judged by Nick Flynn. She is professor of English and creative writing at Penn State University, Altoona College. Learn more at www.erin-murphy.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erin Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brick Road Poetry Press, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997955941","brand":"Brick Road Poetry Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44115485524083,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a0ea2723-e691-42d1-8cd6-ef5eab7cacdb.jpg?v=1764248577","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/assisted-living-9780997955941","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}