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Sam Murphy is the Poetry Editor for HeadStuff based in Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA and MA in Creative Writing, with a focus in contemporary poetry. His poems have been published in Ink Sweat and Tears, and Trashed Organ amongst other places. He writes about podcasts at haphazardreview.com, and tweets infrequently @Sam_Murphy00.

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Haunts The Spaces In The Poems By Revisiting Them | Interview with Andy Armitage

Sam Murphy Jan 30, 2019 0

Andy Armitage is a poet and editor from Leeds, West Yorkshire. He won First Place in the Leeds Museum Poetry Competition (2017), was Highly Commended in the York Literature Festival Competition (2018) and Commended in the Elmet Poetry…

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The Impulse To Make All Work Often Seems To Come From Images | Interview with Zillah Bowes

Sam Murphy Jan 23, 2019 0

Zillah Bowes is a writer and filmmaker. She has won the Wordsworth Trust Prize and Poems on the Buses Competition, and was shortlisted for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Alpine Fellowship and Listowel Poetry Awards. She has…

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I Have Always Looked At Nostalgia As Something That Encompasses An Overwhelming Sadness | Interview…

Sam Murphy Nov 5, 2018 0

Sean Colletti is a native of Southern California but has lived in the UK since 2009. He graduated from the University of Birmingham (BA) and the University of East Anglia (MA) and is currently back at Birmingham, finishing his PhD…

Poetry

It’s Always Been A Dream To Shake My Poems | An Interview with Sophia Thakur

Sam Murphy Oct 10, 2018 0

With over 14,000 YouTube subscribers, two TED Talks and a Nike collaboration under her belt, Sophia Thakur is emerging as one of the most exciting and vital young voices in spoken word. A poet, model and motivational speaker, her…

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Hop-Scotching, Recycling, Whirlwind of a Life | An Interview with Ciarán Hodgers

Sam Murphy Oct 3, 2018 0

Ciarán Hodgers is an Irish poet working and living in the UK. He is the Sean Dunne National Young Writer 2010, an International Pangaea Poetry Slam Champion 2015 and the Word War 3 Slam Champion. In 2014 he produced a spoken word EP titled…

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Preview Ledbury Poetry Festival

Sam Murphy May 31, 2018 0

The Malvern Hills are known for their beautiful views, long hikes and bike trails but Ledbury the small town at the heart of these hills is the venue to one of the biggest poetry festivals in the UK. Every year thousands of people descend…

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Through Small Mysteries That Add Up | Interview with Zaffar Kunial

Sam Murphy May 23, 2018 0

Zaffar Kunial was born in Birmingham and lives in Hebden Bridge. He published a pamphlet in the Faber New Poets series in 2014 and spent that year as the Wordsworth Trust Poet-in-Residence. Since his first public reading, of 'Hill…

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Lush, Specific Detail Is Key | Interview with Susannah Felts

Sam Murphy May 19, 2018 0

Susannah Felts is a writer, editor, and cofounder/co-director of The Porch, a nonprofit literary arts organization in Nashville, Tenn. Her fiction and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Best American Science and Nature Writing,…

Literature

Words Ireland | A National Day for Writers

Sam Murphy Apr 23, 2018 0

Words Ireland @ ILFDublin: A National Day for Writers On Friday 25 May, Words Ireland is hosting a national get together for writers at IMMA in partnership with the International Literature Festival Dublin Words Ireland is…

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Editing Became Fiendish | Interview With Niall Bourke

Sam Murphy Apr 4, 2018 0

Niall Bourke is originally from Kilkenny, in Ireland, but now lives in London. In 2015 he completed an MA (with distinction) in creative writing at Goldsmiths University of London. He writes both poetry and prose and has been published in…

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