Literary Partners: Danielle Pafundo & Edward Dougherty

Danielle Pafundo & Edward Dougherty

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Danielle Pafunda is the author of nine books of prose and poetry, including The Book of Scab (Ricochet Editions, 2018), Natural History Rape Museum (Bloof Books, 2013), and Manhater (Dusie Press, 2012), Iatrogenic: Their Testimonies (Noemi Press, 2010), as well as two chapbooks. Her work has appeared in three editions of The Best American Poetry, and has been widely anthologized. A teacher at Rochester Institutute of Technology, she has served on the board of directors of VIDA; and holds a BA from Bard College, an MFA from New School University, and a PhD from the University of Georgia.

Edward A. Dougherty has published five chapbooks and five collections of poetry, including Grace Street (Cayuga Lake Books, 2017), Everyday Objects (Plain View, 2015) and Part Darkness, Part Breath (Plain View, 2008). About his latest collection, 10048 (Finishing Line Press), Alan Catlin writes, “What John Hersey did with Hiroshima, Edward A. Dougherty has done for 9/11. 10048 is an elegy for the World Trade Center, the best kind of poetic history: one which is unvarnished, accurate, compassionate, and poignant.” Visit https://edwarddougherty.wordpress.com/.