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Patrick James Dunagan

Patrick James Dunagan lives in San Francisco and works at Gleeson Library for the University of San Francisco. His recent books include: from Book of Kings (Bird and Beckett Books), Drops of Rain / Drops of Wine (Spuyten Duyvil) and The Duncan Era: One Reader’s Cosmology (Spuyten Duyvil).

Features & Reviews, Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Sep 1, 2017

Coursing Byways and Biographical Thoroughfares: Karin Roffman’s The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life

I’ve long found that when reading Ashbery’s poetry it’s easy to lose track of just who the poet is.
Features & Reviews, Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

May 19, 2017

A Very Great Scoundrel: The Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins Volume III: Diaries, Journals, and Notebooks

In hindsight, it’s sometimes difficult not to read more than a bit of sadomasochism into Hopkins’s inner passions and the ways in which he resisted them.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Jan 4, 2017

Arcadia Road by Thorpe Moeckel

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Thorpe Moeckel’s Arcadia Road today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Jun 11, 2016

Io Anthology: Literature, Interviews, and Art from the Seminal Interdisciplinary Journal 1965-1993 Edited by Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough

Patrick James Dunagan reviews the Io Anthology: Literature, Interviews, and Art from the Seminal Interdisciplinary Journal 1965-1993 today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Mar 26, 2016

Fish Gotta Swim by Larry Kearney

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Larry Kearney’s Fish Gotta Swim today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Feb 19, 2016

Come In Alone by Anselm Berrigan

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Anselm Berrigan’s Come In Alone today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Jan 22, 2016

We Who Saw Everything by Whit Griffin

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Whit Griffin’s We Who Saw Everything today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Nov 6, 2015

I Must Be Living Twice: New & Selected Poems by Eileen Myles

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Eileen Myles’s I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Oct 23, 2015

That Winter the Wolf Came by Juliana Spahr

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Juliana Spahr’s That Winter the Wolf Came today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Sep 11, 2015

Derelict Air by Edward Dorn

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Edward Dorn’s Derelict Air today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Jul 22, 2015

Alive: New and Selected Poems by Elizabeth Willis

Patrick James Dunagan reviews Elizabeth Willis’s Alive: New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry, Reviews

Patrick James Dunagan

Apr 29, 2015

Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook by David Meltzer

Patrick James Dunagan reviews David Meltzer’s Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook today in Rumpus Poetry.