BRIAN MICHAEL MURPHY

The Poet 

I am a poet and educator. I have taught at Capital University, The Ohio State University, and The Charles School at Ohio Dominican University. I perform regularly and give workshops on poetry, American history/identity, and hip hop culture for colleges, community organizations, prisons, and elementary and high schools. I have released three albums: Black Fire, Manifest Destiny, and lovelovehatehatemixtape. I have received various awards for my poetry, including the Ohio Arts Council's William Redding Poetry Prize, 1st Place in Poetry at the Columbus Arts Festival, and the Lloyd O. Brown Award from the Ohio Board of Regents. My work has been published most recently in Birmingham Poetry Review and the anthology Cap City Poets (Pudding House Press). I hold a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Capital University, and a Master's Degree in Comparative Studies from The Ohio State University, where I am a doctoral student.

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