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Poems, Plays, Essays & a Biography
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The Speech of Uta Renner
The Speech of Uta Renner
(An elderly woman receives a medical award for her father who was killed by a Germantown mob in 1917.)
Cate Murray
Sep 15
Hope
Hope
I vision myself
Cate Murray
Sep 15
Rhetorical Presence of The Fork & “The Petrified Woman”
Rhetorical Presence of The Fork & “The Petrified Woman”
Sally seeks identity with her late mother’s relatives in Caroline Gordon’s short story, “The Petrified Woman”. The Southern Gothic story…
Cate Murray
Aug 29
41 Fitzroy Road
41 Fitzroy Road
Candlemas with no quickening;
Cate Murray
Aug 7
Under the Bell Jar
Under the Bell Jar
The Lady of the Lake
Cate Murray
Aug 7
Deconstruction
Deconstruction
The child took apart
Cate Murray
Jul 23
A Depressed Woman’s Psyche
A Depressed Woman’s Psyche
A depressed woman’s psyche
Cate Murray
Jul 23
Memories of Fry Street
Memories of Fry Street
One of the chapbooks is titled The Fry Street Poet’s Anthology. It contains samples of our work. This essay contains one of my poems from…
Cate Murray
Jul 11
Marilyn & Sylvia
Marilyn & Sylvia
“Last night, in a dream Marilyn Monroe
Cate Murray
Jul 7
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Out of the Mouths of Babes
A One-Act Play by Cate Murray
Cate Murray
Jul 6
The Memoirs of Miss Rose Shaw
The Memoirs of Miss Rose Shaw
Few men’s faces I can think of.
Cate Murray
Jul 5
Vedantic Puzzle
Vedantic Puzzle
The part is nothing –
Cate Murray
Jul 3
Revisiting Patterning Therapy
Revisiting Patterning Therapy
Revisiting Patterning Therapy
Cate Murray
Jul 2
Susan Atkins and Karla Faye Tucker
Susan Atkins and Karla Faye Tucker
Susan Atkins and Karla Faye Tucker were both convicted of brutal, seemingly senseless murders, Atkins in California and Tucker in Texas…
Cate Murray
Jul 1
BLOOD KIN IN WAR
BLOOD KIN IN WAR
Texas War for Independence:
Cate Murray
Jun 14
Birthmother
Birthmother
Did she daydream about being married to my father?
Cate Murray
Jun 1
1953
1953
Seven years after Nuremberg,
Cate Murray
Jun 1
Dyslexia & Upper-Class Pressure
Dyslexia & Upper-Class Pressure
From a 30-room Mansion to a Slum Basement A Speculative Essay about the Late Linda Fitzpatrick
Cate Murray
Apr 16
Daughter of India -A Spiritual Biography of Camille Svensson
Daughter of India -A Spiritual Biography of Camille Svensson
Foreword
Cate Murray
Apr 14
Duped & Redeemed : A Memoir
Duped & Redeemed : A Memoir
Peace and love, love and peace. The Aquarian Age with “harmony and understanding.” Every human heart desires peace and love. Since the…
Cate Murray
Apr 13
Bertha’s Butter Club
Bertha’s Butter Club
A One-Act Comedy by Cate Murray
Cate Murray
Mar 31
Two Preventable Deaths
Two Preventable Deaths
In the fall of 1977, two Texas women died from ill-done abortions, leaving a total of six children motherless. Abortion rights groups…
Cate Murray
Mar 29
Mother’s Occult Stories #1
Mother’s Occult Stories #1
Two Souls Occupy a Body
Cate Murray
Dec 27, 2023
Mother’s Occult Stories #2
Mother’s Occult Stories #2
The Source of Bad Dreams
Cate Murray
Dec 27, 2023
Mother’s Occult Stories #3
Mother’s Occult Stories #3
An Ordeal with Darkness
Cate Murray
Dec 27, 2023
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