Peter E. Murphy
@peteremurphy9.bsky.social
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.
A shameless attempt to charm you into buying my latest book of poetry, published today by terrapinbooks.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A shameless attempt to charm you into buying my latest book of poetry, published today by terrapinbooks.com
Unboxing my latest book of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire. Learn more at peteremurphy.com/fire
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Unboxing my latest book of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire. Learn more at peteremurphy.com/fire
The moment you've been waiting for. Available now for Pre-sale from Terrapin Books.
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
You Too Were Once on Fire [Available for pre-orders]
Small Press for Poetry Books
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July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The moment you've been waiting for. Available now for Pre-sale from Terrapin Books.
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
The moment you've been waiting for. Available now for Pre-sale from Terrapin Books.
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
July 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The moment you've been waiting for. Available now for Pre-sale from Terrapin Books.
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p77/mu...
Tomorrow, July 1, I will share the cover of my new collection of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire, which will be published in September by Terrapin Books. Look for it! Look for it!
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tomorrow, July 1, I will share the cover of my new collection of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire, which will be published in September by Terrapin Books. Look for it! Look for it!
Can't wait to show you the cover to my new book of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire. Tune in this Tuesday, July 1.
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can't wait to show you the cover to my new book of poems, You Too Were Once on Fire. Tune in this Tuesday, July 1.
Proofing the proofs to You Too Were Once on Fire, a new collection of poems coming out in the fall. My gratitude to Diane Lockward of Terrapin Books for choosing to publish it.
May 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Proofing the proofs to You Too Were Once on Fire, a new collection of poems coming out in the fall. My gratitude to Diane Lockward of Terrapin Books for choosing to publish it.
Grateful to the editors of the North American Review for launching this story's public life. @northamerreview.bsky.social
Click to read "The Lesson"
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Click to read "The Lesson"
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The Lesson | North American Review
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May 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Grateful to the editors of the North American Review for launching this story's public life. @northamerreview.bsky.social
Click to read "The Lesson"
northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
Click to read "The Lesson"
northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
The Cab - Newport, Wales's home to Reality Theatre, punk rock & hardcore, workshops & the working class, and me! this Wednesday 23 April, reading from A TIPSY FAIRY TALE, A COMING OF AGE MEMOIR OF ALCOHOL AND ADDICTION. The puns...sorry...the fun begins at 6pm.
April 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Cab - Newport, Wales's home to Reality Theatre, punk rock & hardcore, workshops & the working class, and me! this Wednesday 23 April, reading from A TIPSY FAIRY TALE, A COMING OF AGE MEMOIR OF ALCOHOL AND ADDICTION. The puns...sorry...the fun begins at 6pm.
Thank you for making A Tipsy Fairy Tale a @mcfarland.bsky.social Best Seller in April. That's four months in a row. I am humbled.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Thank you for making A Tipsy Fairy Tale a @mcfarland.bsky.social Best Seller in April. That's four months in a row. I am humbled.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
Thank you for making A Tipsy Fairy Tale a McFarland Publishers Best Seller in April. That's four months in a row. I am humbled.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
April 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thank you for making A Tipsy Fairy Tale a McFarland Publishers Best Seller in April. That's four months in a row. I am humbled.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.
I hope you enjoy this brief video with praise for A Tipsy Fairy Tale, A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C2...
A Tipsy Fairy Tale Memoir Teaser
YouTube video by Peter Murphy
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April 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I hope you enjoy this brief video with praise for A Tipsy Fairy Tale, A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C2...
The Stephen Dunn Reading Series of Stockton University presents in person and online, Kimberly Grey, Peter E. Murphy, Nancy Reddy & John Wojtowicz, Monday March 3, 12:45-2:00 pm, Multicultural Center, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
Followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Followed by a Q&A and book signing.
March 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Stephen Dunn Reading Series of Stockton University presents in person and online, Kimberly Grey, Peter E. Murphy, Nancy Reddy & John Wojtowicz, Monday March 3, 12:45-2:00 pm, Multicultural Center, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
Followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Followed by a Q&A and book signing.
This seem particularly relevant today as it is about Ukraine. A brief look at my family history when I discovered that neither of my Welsh Great grandparents was actually born in Wales. Hmm.
When Ukraine Spoke Welsh — Peter E. Murphy
When writing A Tipsy Fairy Tale , I found answers to questions I didn’t know to ask. Among my reasons for writing the memoir was to understand what caused the great sadness that led to my mother’s ...
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March 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This seem particularly relevant today as it is about Ukraine. A brief look at my family history when I discovered that neither of my Welsh Great grandparents was actually born in Wales. Hmm.
My latest blog. How I Became Welsh 🏴 … Part 3
How I Became Welsh 🏴 … Part 3 — Peter E. Murphy
In recent years I have been returning to Wales to visit family, reconnect with friends and explore as much of the culture and land of my birth as possible. I wanted to become Welsh, to be Welsh, but I...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My latest blog. How I Became Welsh 🏴 … Part 3
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This Wednesday I will be reading from A Tipsy Fairy Tale on how I became a poet.
Open Mic at 7.
Tipsy and me at 8.
sjpoets.wordpress.com
This Wednesday I will be reading from A Tipsy Fairy Tale on how I became a poet.
Open Mic at 7.
Tipsy and me at 8.
sjpoets.wordpress.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
sjpoets.wordpress.com
This Wednesday I will be reading from A Tipsy Fairy Tale on how I became a poet.
Open Mic at 7.
Tipsy and me at 8.
sjpoets.wordpress.com
This Wednesday I will be reading from A Tipsy Fairy Tale on how I became a poet.
Open Mic at 7.
Tipsy and me at 8.
sjpoets.wordpress.com
Hey, there are still a few seats left in the Poetry Incubator at The 31st Annual Getaway in 2 weeks. Why not join me in writing some new poems for the new year in a lively and safe community.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Hey, there are still a few seats left in the Poetry Incubator at The 31st Annual Getaway in 2 weeks. Why not join me in writing some new poems for the new year in a lively and safe community.
wintergetaway.com
wintergetaway.com
Hey, there are still a few seats left in the Poetry Incubator at The 31st Annual Getaway in 2 weeks. Why not join me in writing some new poems for the new year in a lively and safe community.
wintergetaway.com
wintergetaway.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hey, there are still a few seats left in the Poetry Incubator at The 31st Annual Getaway in 2 weeks. Why not join me in writing some new poems for the new year in a lively and safe community.
wintergetaway.com
wintergetaway.com
Tipsy reviewed in the California Review of Books.
A Tipsy Fairy Tale: A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption by Peter E. Murphy
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Review by Walter Cummins
Peter Murphy relates the story of his adolescent and youthful perpetual drunkenness in the second person, addressing the person whose life he explores as “y...
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December 29, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Tipsy reviewed in the California Review of Books.