Allison Murphy

Allison Murphy Allison Murphy is a Knoxville native and graduate of UT, with a degree in
English and Cinema Studies. She has been a reader for the Peter Taylor Prize for the past few years and is a longtime supporter of the local poetry slam scene.

When not at work at Lawson McGhee Library, she can be found traveling around the United States and Europe or reading Haruki Murakami novels.

Murphy currently serves as alternate on the Guild's Board of Directors.


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