Peter Dunne

Peter M. Dunne is the winner of a 2018 PEN America Prison Writing Award. He is a poet and novelist who, while incarcerated, earned a degree from Bard College through the Bard Prison Initiative. He divides his time between tutoring, reading strange books, and working on new projects. Upon his release, he plans on becoming a positive member of society by earning his MFA, gaining employment as an editor and graphic designer, starting an avant-garde literary journal, and establishing a small press catering to incarcerated individuals.


Articles by Peter 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.”