George Murray

My poem “Grawlix” appeared in The Walrus in September. The Walrus is awesome to publish in because it’s one of the few Canadian magazines publishing poetry for the general public to read. I was walking down the street when visiting Toronto in the Fall and someone called out from a bar window, “Hey, I saw…

Way back when, I conceived of a magazine that would embrace all styles, welcome writers and readers from all sides of the aesthetic spectrum, bring people together to focus on what poetry is capable of, rather that what poetry “should be.” This magazine would have had over 25 editors from all areas of writing and…

Not sure how I missed this, but I realized I never posted my poems from Bad Lilies here on the site for posterity. A couple years late is a couple short of forever. Here you go. A great magazine out of London edited by Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson.

Lovely (and surprising!) reading of the “Jewish” poems in Problematica by Michael Greenstein. George Murray’s wit is on display in most of his poetry, which may be connected to his act of witnessing; that is, the poet’s power of observation is angled in such a way as to comment on his persona’s oblique perception. These…

Thanks to rob mclennan for adding a poem of mine to his ongoing series at Dusie. Rob first published me in the 90s! Lots of history.

Thanks to the editors at Scoundrel Time, in particular Daisy Fried, for giving these kooky little poems a good home.

I have some new poems in The London Magazine. “Scar” and “The Ariadne” appear in the April/May issue of this venerable magazine (1732?) Consider subscribing!

A lovely, generous review for Problematica appeared nearly two years after the book was published. Glad to have it in this day and age. You can order it from the publisher here, or find it in a local bookstore. The big guys have it as well if you search my name. “…Murray’s forms of mischief,…

I started a poetry column at The Next Chapter and talked with Shelagh Rogers about three books of poetry: The Affirmations by Luke Hathaway, Waking Occupations by Phoebe Wang, and Masses on Radar by David O’Meara. Hope you enjoy.

So, ! started a Substack newsletter for anyone interested in my thoughts on poetry and my reviews of new books. The entire industry of reviewing is up in the air, with venues drying up. This is my attempt to address that in my own way. All the opinions are my own and you should really…