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Patrick Dougher

Patrick Dougher
Patrick Dougher is the author of Concrete Dreamland: Coming of Age in Underground New York. He is a self-taught fine artist, musician, poet, and actor. He has performed and recorded with Sade, the Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes, Black Uhuru’s Michael Rose, Steel Pulses’ David Hinds and Hip Hop star Chuck D of Public Enemy. His art has been featured in numerous exhibitions, and he created the cover art for the reissue of Zora Neale Hurtson’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. His visual art can be seen on his website, http://www.godbodyart.com.


On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

Patrick Dougher Shares a Post-Punk NYC Bildungsroman
May 9, 2025  By Patrick Dougher
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