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Mike Murphey
Sep 5, 20233 min read
Gifts From Jimmy Buffet
Like so many other people, Jimmy Buffet’s music had a significant influence on my life. I found much of it relatable, including a song...
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mike murphey
Jan 21, 20232 min read
Virgil 'Smoker' Marchand
Great art bestows immortality. I found comfort in that thought a few days ago when I learned that Virgil Marchand had died peacefully at...
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Mike Murphey
Jan 20, 20212 min read
This Land
I was thrilled to hear This Land is Your Land performed at President Biden’s inauguration. It says many important and beautiful things...
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Mike Murphey
Sep 19, 20205 min read
With Liberty and Justice for All
Waking today to the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I am reminded of another Saturday forty years ago and an early-morning call informing...
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Mike Murphey
Apr 8, 20203 min read
John Prine … When I Get To Heaven
Instead of writing my five hundred or thousand words as I should, I’ve been listening to John Prine. Today, the cruelty of this Stephen...
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Mike Murphey
Jun 13, 20192 min read
Review--please!
The book is launched. Section Roads is out there on its own, hoping that someone will read it. As part of the marketing process for a new...
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Mike Murphey
May 30, 20193 min read
Section Roads soundtrack
Writing a book like Section Roads is not an entirely intellectual exercise. In creating this book’s childhood scenes, I found myself...
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Mike Murphey
May 15, 20194 min read
Flipping off my phone
A couple of days ago, my three-month-old smart phone became despondent and committed suicide. Then today, while preoccupied with the...
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Mike Murphey
May 3, 20193 min read
Kirkus Review for Section Roads
"An ambitious, evocative small-town tale located somewhere between Peyton Place and The Last Picture Show" --Kirkus Reviews As its...
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Mike Murphey
Apr 22, 20193 min read
Writer needs assistance
Asking for help is not an easy thing. We are conditioned to beware of people who ask. Like the people who solicit personal donations at...
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Mike Murphey
Apr 8, 20193 min read
Borrowed, imagined or real?
The house on the cliff commands the attention of just about everyone sailing below through Thulin Passage. You can’t see a place like...
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Mike Murphey
Mar 31, 20193 min read
Doc Ford, and Travis McGee
No carrot ever gave its life in a nobler cause. While this may appear to be a culinary commentary, it’s actually literary, although it...
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Mike Murphey
Mar 24, 20193 min read
Beowulf, Grendel, and Ninth Grade Math
Writing, for the most part, is an individual sport. One of the most difficult things about any artistic pursuit is dependence on the...
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Mike Murphey
Mar 15, 20193 min read
From Red Sky at Morning to Section Roads
During the summer of 1969, I read a book called Red Sky at Morning written by a New Mexico author named Richard Bradford. I had graduated...
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