Welcome to Davey Dreamnation, the online home of writer, poet and editor David Prater. This web site has been in operation, in some form or other, since late 2001 and has been through many incarnations since. Take a look around, enjoy the view …
D/DN: Books
I published my first poetry chapbook, The Happy Farang, in 2000. Since then, I’ve published several additional chapbooks, and had three collections put out by small press publishers: We Will Disappear (2007, papertiger media), Morgenland (2007, Vagabond Press) and Leaves of Glass (2013, Puncher and Wattmann). I’m currently working on a new manuscript, Transition Vamp, containing a selection of poems written between 2007 and 2016.
D/DN: Poems
Browse a list of my published poems, including links to online versions where available.
D/DN: Blog
Netflix series request: ‘You’re Killing Me’
You’re Killing Me, a gritty, eight-part murder mystery based on the true story of US indie rock band Pavement, and the band’s deadly feud with Mark E. Smith of The Fall, is now streaming on Netflix, starring Kyle MachLachlan as Stephen Malkmus and D.J. Qualls as Mark E. Smith, with appearances by Matthew McConaughey as …
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Executive Orders
1. Make broccoli delicious again.
You have memories
You have memories, sure, but then who doesn’t know where you live these days? Camping out in the wilderness until the controversy blew over seemed like a good idea at the time, of course, but that was before the anaesthetics kicked in and you lay there, boiling, and unable to feel the sweat rolling down …