P.M. Dunne’s life attests to the transformative power of art. His writings have been anthologized by PEN America, performed at the PEN World Voices Festival and Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as published by The Operating System, SIZL, Blue Unicorn, and The Awakenings Review. Upon his release, he plans on earning his MFA, working as an editor, shopping a gazillion manuscripts, holding creative writing workshops, and founding a literary journal for prisoners. Read his work at PEN.org or see it performed on YouTube. Email him via JPay (#11A0671).
P.M. Dunne
Articles by P.M. Dunne
Monday November 16
The Anti-Social Social Club
“My writing career began in Green Haven CF, in 2014. My schemes eclipsed my skills. Naturally, I struggled. Editor’s ignored me. But I refused to give up. I kept writing.”
Monday September 9
Self Portrait as State Property
“Eleven A oh six seven one they call as the boy not quite a man / Moves further down the line like a lamb in a slaughterhouse”
Monday August 6
An Ungodly Godlike Man
“Not only can I hear everything, but I can feel the vibration against the thin metal wall as they wrestle with the prisoner inside the sardine can of a cell.”