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Neighborhood Lines

A Novel By Michael Patrick Murphy

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Dorchester Reporter: First-time author delves into Boston’s racial divide

Dorchester Reporter By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff August 16, 2018 “First-time author delves into Boston’s racial divide” Michael Patrick Murphy knows that history is cyclical. The South Shore native spent the formative part of his adolescence in South Boston and Dorchester, attending Boston College High School and UMass Boston. At that time, running from theRead More

WCVB TV Chronicle August 16, 2018: Pages

Neighborhood Lines featured on Boston’s Chronicle TV Show! WCVB-TV Chronicle Air Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018 “History Comes to Life in Two New Books” Tonight, we sample the work of some local authors, ranging from harrowing memoir to historical fiction. Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Stanton profiles the pride of Brockton, heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano, inRead More

BNN News: Lessons form a City in Conflict

BNN News with Chris Lovett interviews Michael Patrick Murphy about the new book! BNN News Air Date: August 8, 2018 “Lessons from a City in Conflict” Michael Patrick Murphy talks about his new work of fiction, “Neighborhood Lines,” about growing amid Boston’s violence and racial division during the late 1980s. Interview for BNN News. AiredRead More

Taking Small Steps Away from Racism

Joyce Ferriabough Bolling · Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Boston Herald Writer and political activist Joyce Ferriabough Bolling takes a look at “Two stories, both true, one on the big screen and one in novel form, help to underscore some fundamental truths that work to help us build both a better Boston and a nation freeRead More