Hiking All Night
At a relentless pace, Timothy Iver Murphy (1951–2018) produced an incredible amount of poetry in the last years of his life. A sample of his brilliant work is included in this posthumously published collection.
Hiking All Night is an account of the simple pleasures of Murphy’s life: hunting, companionship of faithful dogs, farming, and hiking — a lifelong habit carried over from his training as an Eagle Scout and member of the Order of the Arrow. Murphy extends his reach beyond his native region of the northern plains, across the United States and as far as the Himalayan Mountains. Throughout Hiking All Night, familiar inspirations appear, including homage to the masters of literature who have formed his craft and the religious beliefs that anchored his life. Most poignantly, Murphy includes relationships with friends and family, the physical and emotional struggles of this mortal world, and reflections upon regrets and restoration.
hardcover/373 pages/3 color inserts
Preface by former Colorado Poet Laureate David Mason
Hiking All Night is Timothy Murphy's penultimate collection of poetry. Forthcoming in summer 2021, NDSU Press will publish Last Poems, written by Murphy during the final months of his life.
Timothy Iver Murphy of Fargo, North Dakota, passed away in his home on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the age of sixty-seven. He was born in Hibbing, Minnesota, on January 10, 1951. Raised in Moorhead, Minnesota, he was active in high school speech and debate and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1968 as president of his senior class. Tim attended Yale University, pursuing his interest in poetry and undertaking a tutorial with Robert Penn Warren. He was named Scholar of the House in Poetry, and he graduated from Yale with a BA in 1972. Tim joined his father in the life insurance, pension, and estate planning business, V.R. Murphy and Sons, Inc., winning numerous national sales awards. Tim loved hiking, sailing, farming, and hunting with his black Labs. All were inspiration for his poetry; which was his great passion in life. A fascinating and complicated man, he wrote deceptively simple poetry exploring universal themes: faith, family, spirituality, death, farming, friendship. His work is rooted in place: the Red River of the North, North Dakota, and the Great Plains. His poetry is published in prominent journals including Poetry, Quadrant, Hudson Review; New Criterion, Chronicles, Alabama Literary series, and Gray's Sporting Journal. His books include The Deed of the Gift (Story Line Press 1998), Set the Flagship Deep (Ohio University Press 2002), Mortal Stakes and Faint Thunder (Dakota Institute Press 2011), Hunter's Log (Dakota Institute Press 2011), Devotions (North Dakota State University Press 2017), and Hunter’s Log; Volumes II & III (North Dakota State University Press 2019). Tim collaborated with his long-time partner, Ian Sullivan, on a translation of Becan (Longman2004).
ISBN: 978-1-946163-13-4
Page Count: 375
Picture Count: 3
Index
Hardcover
Publication Year: 2021
