In Minor Heresies Nina Murray celebrates the mystery of existence, of man’s place in nature, and explores the intimacies of that relationship. She investigates too the harmonics of language, how sound builds meaning, and stands as witness to moments of illumination, when we too can “divine/the blessing of stillness/from the bark’s cryptic lines.” Her poetry challenges us to understand the subtleties that surround us, if we dare.--Ted Higgs, author of Archipelago and Plank by Plank