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Sean G. Murphy, 1993

Sean Murphy has been publishing fiction, poetry, reviews—of music, movies, books, and food—as well as essays on the technology industry for almost twenty years. as well as essays on the technology industry for almost twenty years. He has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Forbes, and AdAge. He writes regularly for PopMatters magazine and his work has appeared in Salon, The Village Voice, The New York Post, The Good Men Project, and others. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize two times, once for short fiction and once for poetry. The author of a memoir, a novel, and two collections of nonfiction, he is currently polishing his first collections of poetry and short fiction. He was previously the writer-in-residence at the Noepe [no-EP-ay] Center for Literary Arts on Martha’s Vineyard. He is the Founding Director of 1455, a nonprofit organization based in Winchester, VA, that seeks to advance the appreciation of and passion for the literary arts through programs that support expression, education, and the sharing of writing and literature.