Poetic Obituaries: [Peggy Dunstan's] first poems were published in

English and American magazines and in the New Zealand Listener.

A collection of her work, entitled Patterns on Glass, contained some previously published work and some new, and was at the time (1968) one of the largest published collections by a New Zealand poet.

When it came to publication, however, Mrs. Dunstan found a degree of prejudice against women poets. She first sent her work overseas under the name of Patrick Duggan, as she felt male publishers would be more likely to look kindly on something written by a man.

from New Zealand Herald: Poet drew on the ordinary to be extraordinary

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