Catherine Murray's poetry contains a
complex magic, partly composed of
beautiful,paradoxical imagery; of ambiguous
questions and subtle illuminations; and, of
convivial joy.

Her highly original poetry is difficult to define
and categorize: it is the work of an
unrebellious Catholic-of a first-rate avant-garde
New York poet-of a romantic-of an experimental
stylist whose poetry flows in measured
waves out of disjunctive material.
Mary Ferrari