Panel Discussion - Memoirs

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm UTC-04:00

771 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08108 | Collingswood

Collingswood Book Festival
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Panel Discussion - Memoirs
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Memoirs
Nancy Reddy, The Good Mother Myth
Peter Murphy, A Tipsy Fairy Tale
Tom McAllister, It All Felt Impossible
Nancy Reddy is the author of The Good Mother Myth. Her previous books include the poetry collection Pocket Universe and the anthology The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood, which she co-edited with Emily Pérez. Her essays have appeared in Slate, Poets & Writers, Romper, The Millions, and elsewhere. She teaches at Stockton University and lives in Collingswood with her family. She writes the newsletter Write More, Be Less Careful.
Peter E. Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in New York City. He is the author of more than books and chapbooks of poetry and prose, most recently, A Tipsy Fairy Tale: A Coming of Age Memoir of Alcohol and Redemption and You Too Were Once on Fire, Poems. His writing has appeared in Guernica, The Michigan Quarterly Review, The North American Review, Poetry Wales, Rattle, The Sun and elsewhere. The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University based in Atlantic City, he leads writing workshops around the US and in Europe.
Tom McAllister is the author of two novels and two memoirs. His newest book is It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, published by Rose Metal Press. His most recent novel, How to Be Safe, was named one of the best books of 2018 by Washington Post and Kirkus Reviews. He has published dozens of short stories and essays in publications including The New York Times, The Sun, Epoch, HAD, Cincinnati Review, and more. He lives in New Jersey and teaches in the MFA Program at Rutgers-Camden.
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