D. E. Patterson (b. 1983) is an avant-guarde American poet with an international following. Eccentric and erudite, he is the quintessential poet-rebel. With a broad range of interests and experiences he captures modern life in a unique way. Breaking the shackles of manufactured novelty, he brings a vivacity into his poems lost in the stultifying solipsism of academic post-modern poetry. D.E. Patterson is poet of our age for the ages.