Patrick Walsh

Poet

Princeton, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

A graduate of St. Bonaventure University with a B.A. in history, I served four years as an infantry officer in the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.  Over the course of my training, I was one of 75 ROTC cadets from the entire country chosen to attend Ranger School; graduated on the Commandant's List from the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia; earned the Basic Parachutist's Badge, the Air Assault Badge, and the Expert Infantryman's Badge; and received an Honorable Discharge as a captain. 

I received a Master's degree in Anglo-Irish literature from Ireland's University of Dublin, Trinity College.  A lifelong runner, I've completed 28 marathons, including 22 consecutive Boston Marathons since 2002. My best effort to date was a 290th place finish (out of 18,000) at Boston in 2004.  I live, write, and run in Princeton, New Jersey.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Remembering Robert Frost (Moonstone Press, 2024)
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American War Against Itself (Moonstone Press, 2021)
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The Quadrant Book of Poetry, 2001-2010 (Quadrant Publishing, 2012)
Journals:
Barrow Street
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Chronogram
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College Green
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Evergreen Review
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Hudson Review
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Kelsey Review
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Poetry New Zealand
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Press
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Quadrant
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Scintilla Magazine
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Spitball
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The Recorder
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THE SHOp
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U.S. 1
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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
William Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, William Blake, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, Joseph Mitchell, A.J. Liebling, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, John McPhee, Marcel Proust, Charles Willeford, Robert Macfarlane
What I'm reading now: 
Winner Take Nothing by Ernest Hemingway, A Turn in the South by V. S. Naipaul, Just Enough Liebling by A. J. Liebling, Underland by Robert Macfarlane, Latitude by Nicholas Crane, The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Jun 03, 2024