Peter E. Murphy

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Ventnor City, NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
peteremurphy9@gmail.com
Website: 
www.peteremurphy.com
Twitter/X: 
@peteremurphy9

Author's Bio

Peter E. Murphy is the author of a dozen books and chapbooks of poetry and prose including A Tipsy Fairy Tale, A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption about growing up in Wales and New York City. The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University based in Atlantic City, he leads writing workshops around the US and in Europe.

Writers Retreats: 
Millay Arts
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Yaddo

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
A Tipsy Fairy Tale: A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption (McFarland & Co., 2024)
Chapbook:
Looking for Thelma (Moonstone Press, 2020)
Journals:
The Common
,
Guernica Magazine
,
Harpur Palate
,
Hippocampus Magazine
,
Lindenwood Review
,
Litro Magazine
,
Michigan Quarterly Review
,
New Welsh Review
,
Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts
,
Sun Magazine

Poetry

Book:
Stubborn Child (Jane Street Press, 2005)
Chapbooks:
Mean Time (Moonstone Press, 2019)
,
The Man Who Never Was (Unsolicited Press, 2018)
,
I Thought I Was Going To Be Okay (Diode Editions, 2016)
,
The Last Pub On Earth (Five Oaks Press, 2016)
Journals:
Laurel Review
,
New York Quarterly
,
Witness
,
Rattle
Prizes won: 

He has received fellowships for writing and teaching from The Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Welsh American
Born in: 
Newport, Wales,
United Kingdom
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
New York
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Last update: Oct 31, 2024