Peter E. Murphy is the author of Stubborn Child, a finalist for the 2006 Paterson Poetry Prize, and four poetry chapbooks. His unique writing assignments have been collected in Challenges for the Delusional. His poetry and prose have appeared in The Common, Diode, Green Mountains Review, The Journal, The Literary Review, The New Welsh Reader, Rattle, Rhino, Witness, and elsewhere. Retired after teaching English and creative writing at Atlantic City High School, he is the poetry editor for The Journal of Bahá’í Studies and the founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University.