Erin Murphy is the author of three poetry collections: Science Of Desire (Word Press, 2004), Dislocation And Other Theories (Word Press, forthcoming December 2007), and Too Much Of This World (Mammoth Books, forthcoming 2007). Her awards include the National
Writer's Union Poetry Award judged by Donald Hall, the Foley Poetry Award, and a $5,000 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize. She teaches English and creative writing at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College.