Overview

""Like someone looking for a lost key, Matthew Murrey searches the world around him-an el platform in Chicago above a vacant lot, a hidden lake in the Northwoods of Minnesota, a blind man on a city street playing a black guitar for alms. What is it the poet seeks? A little joy? Yes, that must be it, for these poems leave us positively transported, transformed, transfixed by joy. This book is accomplished, lovely, and moving. What more might we ask of poetry?"" -Richard Jones, author of Passport

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""A book of prayers for finding joy in little things."" -Athena Kildegaard, author of Prairie Midden ""Deftly, Little Joy puts into words the ineffable: the simple affections and questions that touch any life. Matthew Murrey speaks to readers, and readers will want to listen. "" -Janice Harrington, author of Yard Show ""There is beauty, and wisdom, and warmth, and love here. What more do you need?"" -Matthew Rothschild, former editor & publisher of The Progressive

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Matthew Murrey is the author of Bulletproof, chosen by Marilyn Nelson for the Jacar Press 2018 poetry competition. A National Endowment for the Arts recipient, Murrey's work has appeared in dozens of journals, including Midwest Quarterly, Split Rock Review, Poetry East, and others. He was a public school librarian for over twenty years and lives in Urbana, Illinois.

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