{"product_id":"the-space-carved-by-the-nancy-murphy-9781736782033","title":"The Space Carved by the Sharpness of Your Absence","description":"Nancy Murphy is a Los Angeles based writer and performer and 2020 winner of the \u003ci\u003eAurora Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e contest. Previous publications include \u003ci\u003eGyroscope Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSWWIM Every Day, The Baltimore Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The South Carolina Review, Stoneboat Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sheila-Na-Gig\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e glassworks, The Ekphrastic Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Heron Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouisville Review \u003c\/i\u003eand others. She was recently featured in \"Poets on Craft\" at the online arts magazine \u003ci\u003eCultural Daily\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA long time volunteer at WriteGirl, Nancy has mentored teens through writing programs. In 2016, she wrote and performed a solo show in various venues including the Hollywood Fringe Festival where she earned an Encore Award. Nancy grew up in upstate NY and holds a B.A. in American Studies from Union College, Schenectady, NY. www.nancymurphywriter.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the chapbook \u003ci\u003eThe Space Carved by the Sharpness of Your Absence\u003c\/i\u003e by Nancy Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurning into Womanhood\u003cbr\u003e\"I want to tell her\/ it takes a woman \/ a lifetime to know \/ if she is real \/ or only appears so \/ in a mirror.\" Those are the words of the speaker in this debut collection from Nancy Murphy. At times melancholy, at times fierce, and always lyrical, these poems explore the various roles that women shift into and out of in their lives. From marriage to divorce, from having a mother to being a mother, to sending a daughter off to college, these poems explore the way women center the world, and what can happen when we lose that center and are forced to grapple with the realization that maybe \"there is no mother now.\" This book is for women and poetry lovers at every stage of their lives. A deeply personal and enjoyable read, this collection is one to revisit over and over again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Tresha Faye Haefner, Author of \u003ci\u003eTake This Longing\u003c\/i\u003e. Founder of The Poetry Salon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving, accomplished, pulled cleanly through the lens of its title, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Carved by the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharpness of Your Absence \u003c\/i\u003ehums with the dense flesh of memory, its beating heart. This chapbook, Nancy Murphy's first, betrays the grace and mastery of a later full-length work; for all its distillation, it encompasses the sweep, the scope and self-examination of a\u003ci\u003e bildungsroman femme-\u003c\/i\u003ea dance of revelation and restraint, finely balancing the shade, the light of ache, regret, and joy. Even the ekphrastic feels inhabited. These poems feel cinematic, as if moments of life are \"stretching in our hands \/ like the wonder of boardwalk taffy \/ that never breaks.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Sarah Maclay, author of \u003ci\u003eNightfall Marginalia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736782037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736782033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gyroscope Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Nancy Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245202567423,"sku":"9781736782033","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fa23d30-a6e7-488a-85dc-ac39306a5ad2.jpg?v=1693926714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-space-carved-by-the-nancy-murphy-9781736782033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}