J.P. Donleavy in Periodicals 70s-Present

Upon Having Successfully Robbed a Bank

"Remember you now have, with your newly acquired assets, responsibilities. Deposit your untraceable unmarked bills in a reputable bank. If you want to have a bit of a fling, do it modestly. Do not overtip nor give your wife or girlfriend cause for jealousy. As she can frequently be a source of betrayal. Do good but modest works in the community. And openly complain that you wish others would do as much."

- J.P. Donleavy from The Unexpurgated Code

Again, this list is still in flux as more information is being researched. If you know of any works missing from this list, please forward the details to add to the index.

"Welcome to Charnel Castle"

The Atlantic Monthly, May, 1971

Excerpt from the novel The Onion Eaters.

"Title?"

Der Spiegel, 1971

JPD contribution included in German publication's issue about sex. Researching contribution details.

"What They Did in Dublin With The Ginger Man"

Audience, Vol. 2, No. 1, January-February, 1972

Author's account of the forced closing of the first Dublin production of The Ginger Man at the Gaiety Theatre.

"A Fairy Tale of New York"

Penthouse, UK - June, 1973

An excerpt from the novel A Fairy Tale of New York.

"The Million Dollar A$$"

Penthouse, September, 1973

An excerpt from the novel A Fairy Tale of New York.

"A Fairy Tale of New York"

The New Yorker, October, 1973

An excerpt from the novel A Fairy Tale of New York.

"A Fairy Tale of New York"

Viva: International Magazine For Women, October, 1973

Excerpt from the novel A Fairy Tale of New York in the premiere issue of this short-lived magazine from the editors of Penthouse. A collector's item.

"The Gentleman's Guide to Death"

The Atlantic Monthly, June, 1975

An excerpt from The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners.

"How to Handle Sticky Situations and Come Out Smelling Like a Rose"

Oui, August, 1975

An excerpt from The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners.

"Roaring towards Connecticut"

Harpers, August 1975

Fiction by JPD.

"How to Survive Christmas, and Other Outrages"

Playgirl, December, 1975

Excerpts from The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners.

"Unknown Contribution"

Pub, May 1976

Donleavy in the first publication of the magazine.

"Unknown Contribution"

Paris Review, Spring 1976 No. 65

JPD among contributors.

"An Expatriate Looks at America"

The Atlantic Monthly, December, 1976

Autobiographical essay. Donleavy, born in New York, is now an Irish citizen.

"Writers and Money: Traumas of the Writing Trade"

The Saturday Review, April 15, 1978

Article by Donleavy, later appearing in the collection of short pieces An Author and His Image, Viking, London, 1997 under the title "Tools and Traumas of the Writing Trade."

"The Destinies of Darcy Dancer"

Short story - Cosmopolitan, May, 1978

An excerpt from the novel.

"An Author and His Image"

The Saturday Review, January 20, 1979

Article, later collected in the book with the same title.

"Bewley's: The Dream in Your Coffee"

Article -The Saturday Review, April 28, 1979

Bewley's was one of Donleavy's favorite Dublin haunts during his days at Trinity College.

"Schultz"

Penthouse, September, 1979

An excerpt from the novel Schultz.

"Schultz"

Time, October 15, 1979

An excerpt from the novel Schultz.

Title being researched

JPD contribution being researched - Australian Penthouse, (First Issue) 1979

"Whither Goest That Bullet: a Consideration of Manners and Violence in America"

Essay - Rolling Stone, October 29, 1981

This piece also later collected in An Author and His Image with the shortened title: "Whither Goeth That Bullet."

"The Ginger Man Visits Wimbledon..."

The New York Times, March 31, 1985

Article by JPD.

"Gardens: Highland Airs - Sir Ilay and Lady Campbell's Flowering Forest"

Article - Architectural Digest, June, 1986

Descriptive text by Donleavy with accompanying photos by Derry Moore.

"From London to Mullingar"

Architectural Digest, November, 1986

Article by Donleavy with photos of his Levington Park estate in Ireland.

"Brendan Behan "

Biographical sketch - The Paris Review, #105, Winter, 1987

Brief nonfiction about friend, Brendan Behan, by Donleavy.

"JP Donleavy and John Irving - an Exchange"

The Paris Review, #106, Spring, 1988 (available from PR as a back-issue)

A pair of letters to the editor in which Irving bad-mouths JPD, saying he snubbed John Cheever during a college lecture. JPD denies it.

Literati Chicago, Premiere Issue, Vol. 1, No. 1

Guild Books, Chicago, 1988

McGraw-Beauchamp, L.T., And A.C. McGraw Beauchamp, Publishers and Editors

Details being researched. Contribution stated as (humor) J.P. Donleavy.

"My Ireland"

The Weekend Australian, March 17-18, 1990

Article by JPD. Commentary and excerpts from A Singular Country, which had just been issued in an Australian edition.

"The Last Time I Saw Paris"

Essay - Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review; Quatercentenary Issue 1992

Very interesting that Trinity College included a piece by Donleavy in their campus literary magazine after snubbing him for so many years as a black sheep attendee (making it clear he never graduated).

"De Alfonce Bank"

Cimarron Review - July, 1992

Short "promotional" piece by JPD touting a financial institution especially suited for De Alfonce Tennis players. See JPD - Sportsman for more on De Alfonce Tennis.