Poems by Peter Murphy with
Wood Engravings by Michael McGarvey

Port Press, 2017

In this latitude where even hurricanes become disorganized before slamming into shore, there is no barrier to retard the unnatural disasters spun into motion. The odds plunge like high school students dropping out of class, like chips falling between cracks in the boardwalk where a family squats in summer, having rented their home to tourists who've come to game.

     " From Progress Report : Atlantic City"

Peter E.Murphy is the author of ten books and chapbooks including Stubborn Child, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, two books of writing prompts, and Atlantic City Lives. Retired from Atlantic City High School where he taught for three decades, he is the founder of  Murphy Writing of Stockton University.

Michael McGarvey is a graphic artist, wood engraver, designer and printer. He has lived in South Jersey and taught graphic design and illustration at Stockton University since 1984. Port Press was established by he and his wife Denise in 2000.

This edition of Atlantic City Lives is limited to one hundred copies, numbered and signed by Peter Murphy and Michael McGarvey. It was designed and printed at the Port Press with The assistance of Yujin Song and Cody Alexander. The type is hand-set ATF Garamond. The paper is Arches Book, printed damp on a Hoe Washington iron handpress. The edition is hand-bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery Inc., Minnesota.

40pp. Seven poems, three two-color and two black and white wood engravings. $250.00