Miriam B. Murphy

Miriam B. Murphy, a poet, past member of the Literary Advisory Panel of the Utah Arts Council, and associate editor of Utah Historical Quarterly.

A Lot to Like | Eugene England and Dennis Clark, eds., Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems

Articles/Essays – Volume 23, No. 3

Harvest is a good title for this collection of twentieth-century Mormon poetry with its bounty, variety, and degrees of ripeness and appeal. One feels a generosity of spirit emanating from this aggregate, a poetic vision…

I Laugh, Therefore I Am | Elouise Bell, Only When I Laugh

Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 2

A student of Zen Buddhism meditated daily on koans assigned by the Zen master. None of his insights impressed the master until one day, after years of thought about these puzzles, the student timidly began…