Murphey, Joseph Colin, 1915-

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Joseph Colin Murphey was born on December 13, 1915 in Lufkin, Texas. He was a professor and a poet. Murphey taught English and Creative Writing at Austin College, Indiana State University, Sam Houston State University and Cooke County College. He published over two hundred poems in various poetry journals as well as two complete books of poetry, Trajectories: Twelve Space Poems (Sam Houston State University Press, 1970), A Return to the Landscape (Prickly Pear Press, 1970) and a novella, The Blue Razor Murders (Thomas Cade Publications, 1984). He served as poetry editor for the literary journals Southwest Review and Quartet, faculty advisor for the journals Harlequin, Whetstone and Stone Drum and later published Stone Drum independently for several years. In 1982, he was nominated for the title of Texas Poet Laureate. Joseph Colin Murphey died at the age of 77 in Denton, Texas, on November 25, 1993.

From the description of Joseph Colin Murphey Papers, 1939-1993, (bulk 1950-1992). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 747833751

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referencedIn Helmer, Irene Murphey, 1877-. Historical data record : Murphey family, 1932. Boulder Public Library
referencedIn Antioch Review mss., 1940-2007 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Murphey, Joseph Colin, 1915-. Joseph Colin Murphey Papers, 1939-1993, (bulk 1950-1992). Texas Christian University
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