Peter E. Murphy

Poet • Writer • Teacher

Media

The Diaspora of Light” A video of my poem made by Michael DiGiorgio of RedJacket Films

Back Story of the Poem – A step by step description, including draft 1, of how I wrote “Mean Time,” the title poem of my chapbook, Mean Time, published by Moonstone Press in 2019.

Move Your Mind PodcastProgress, not Perfection. In this interview with actor, author and stand-up comedian Nick Bracks from Australia, our conversation turns from my early years of abuse and addiction to building a life of service through creativity that has led to happiness.

The Way Out Podcast – Writing Recovery with Peter Murphy

The Addiction Podcast – Poet, Author, Former Alcoholic Educational advisor on 50 years of sobriety.

A is for Alcoholic – A great talk with a great sober writer. We talked about faith, transformation and changing your life through writing. 

One Man’s Journey of Courage and Hope – A podcast conversation with host Debra Rufini on the Artist First Radio Network about my childhood abuse by a priest, my early addiction to alcohol and eventual recovery though poetry.

Peter Murphy’s Story: Once Upon a Time You Lived in a Castle – Listen to this podcast chat with Vince & Jeanna about my memoir dealing with alcohol, addiction and recovery or watch it on YouTube.

Relying on God Instead of Ourselves – Podcast hosted by Sean Hinton on how poetry led me from alcoholism to the Bahá’í Faith and a life of writing and teaching.

Atlantic City Lives –  Short video made by Michael McGarvey, artist and publisher, as I read poems from the book around the city.

Moonstone Arts Center Virtual Reading – with Elijah Pringle, Lynn Levin and Warren C. Longmire (I come in at about 57 minutes)

Rattlecast: Poetry reading and interview – by Tim Green, editor of Rattle Magazine (Begins about 14 minutes in)

Stories Among the Sheep: Collaborative Creativity by Rosalind Buckton-Tucker, in The North American Review

Poetry Behind Bars brings prisoners’ work to Collingswood Book Festival by Phaedra Trethan, in The Courier Post

The Garden State is Fertile Ground for Poetry – Why is New Jersey is a hotbed of contemporary poets? in New Jersey Monthly

Legacy

Story Slam in Atlantic City – The Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin vs. The Truth (Video) 

South Jersey poets embrace diversity, community at World Above by Madison Russ in The Press of Atlantic City

Review of The Last Pub on Earth by Paul Fuhr in The Literary Review

Featured in The Huffington Post

Featured in The Literary Explorer

Interviewed by Eson Kim on the Grub Street Podcast

Interviewed by Joel Allegretti, editor of Rabbit Ears, The First Anthology of Poetry about TV

Interviewed by Aubrey Gerhardt of the South Jersey Poets Collective

Interviewed by Jennifer DeWitt of Playwrights Theatre

Reflections on Sandy – WHYY-FM NewsWorks

Interviewed by Rebecca Gambale of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Peter’s Principles  by Carol Plum-Ucci in New Jersey Lifestyle Magazine

Review of Stubborn Child by Charles Johnson in the Home News Tribune

Review of Stubborn Child Amy Emmers in Ideas, The Newsletter of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities

Video Interview by Kate Megargee at the 1998 Dodge Poetry Festival

Revise! Revise! Revise! by Barbara Stewart in the New York Times