This highly praised novel about the intense interracial relationship between two high school boys--set against the backdrop of a tense Boston suburb--established Murphy as a major presence in the gay literary world.
Last Poems is a veritable journal intime, albeit one that Timothy Murphy wished to share with his readers. In his unmistakable voice, and often in stark language almost too painful to read, Tim chronicles his physical, spiritual, and emotional life during his final months, beginning on the day of his cancer diagnosis in early January 2018, through his various treatments, and ultimately his decision to withdraw from clinical trials. . . . Let [Last Poems] be my Last Will and Testament, Murphy writes in "Envoi." And so it is. Last Poems bears witness--with grace, grit, and gratitude--to the life and loves of this major North American poet.