Patrick James Dunagan Archives

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

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.

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

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.

Other

Max Gray

Jun 13, 2016

Weekend Rumpus Roundup

First, in the Saturday Essay, Ben Wirth looks back on New Year’s Eve 1999 with mixed feelings. Hope, apprehension, wonder, and naiveté color his memory—along with cultural landmarks like Fight Club, MTV, and Conan O’Brien. And Patrick James Dunagan observes the benevolent…

Other

Max Gray

Mar 28, 2016

Weekend Rumpus Roundup

First, in the Saturday Essay, Tyrese L. Coleman unearths the history behind her surname and the results of a DNA test. The results say she is 69% African, 33% originating from Benin, 29% European, and less than 2% Asian. Coleman digs deeper and considers the likelihood of…