R. M. Vaughan
Richard Murray Vaughan | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1965 Saint John, Canada |
| Died | October 2020 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | writer and artist |
| Alma mater | University of New Brunswick |
Richard Murray Vaughan (March 2, 1965 – October 2020)[1] was a Canadian writer and artist.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Vaughan graduated from the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick.[3] He served as playwright-in-residence at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times from 1994 to 1995 and published numerous works, including poetry, fiction, stage plays, and journalism for publications such as Utne Reader, Xtra!, and The Globe and Mail.[4] Vaughan was openly gay.[5]
His books included the poetry collections a selection of dazzling scarves (1996), Ruined Stars (2004), and Troubled: A Memoir in Poems (2008), the plays Camera, Woman (2001) and The Monster Trilogy (2003); and the novels A Quilted Heart (1998) and Spells (2003). His 2015 book Bright Eyed is a memoir detailing his struggles with insomnia.[6]
In October 2020, he was reported missing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he was working as writer in residence at the University of New Brunswick.[7] Vaughan was found dead by Fredericton Police on October 23, 2020.[3]
Pervatory, an unfinished novel manuscript, was published posthumously in 2023.[8]
Works
[edit | edit source]- The InCorrupt Tables (Wild East/Salamanca Chapbooks, 1992 (reprinted 1995), poetry)
- William Forrestali's (Muted) Cornucopia (Studio 21 Halifax, 1992, art catalogue)
- Beyond Bad Times (Snowapple Press, 1993, anthology)
- Expressions: Writing About Psychiatric Survival (Expressions Press, 1993, anthology)
- Shout and Speak Out Loud: Atlantic Canadians on Child Sexual Abuse (Wild East, 1993, anthology)
- Semiotext(e) CANADAS (Semiotext(e) Publications, 1994, anthology)
- Plush (Coach House Press, 1995, anthology)
- Symbiosis: The Clinic (Symbiosis Collective, 1995, art catalogue)
- The Last Word (Insomniac Press, 1995, anthology)
- a selection of dazzling scarves (ECW Press, 1996, poetry)
- DISCovering Authors: Canadian Series (Gale Research, 1996, CD Rom)
- Carnival: A Scream In High Park Reader (Insomniac Press, 1996, anthology)
- Painted, Tainted, Sainted by Sky Gilbert (PUC Press, 1996, introduction)
- Blues and True Concussions: 6 New Poets (House of Anansi, 1996, anthology)
- To Monsieur Desmoulins... (Tortoise Shell and Black, 1997, poetry chapbook)
- Gay Love Poetry (Robinson Publishing U.K. 1997, anthology)
- The Ecstatic Moment: The Best of Libido (Dell Books, 1997, anthology)
- 96 Tears (in my jeans) (Broken Jaw Press, 1998, poetry chapbook)
- A Quilted Heart (Insomniac Press, 1998, novel)
- Contra/Dictions: Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998, anthology).
- Written in the Skin (Insomniac Press, 1998, anthology)
- Rhubarb-O-Rama! (Blizzard Press, 1998, anthology of plays)
- Restless Requiem: Catherine Hale's Seductive Altars (Art Centre, University of New Brunswick Press, 1998, art catalogue)
- Invisible to Predators (ECW Press, 1999, poetry)
- Camera, Woman (2001, drama)
- Spells (2003, novel)
- The Monster Trilogy (2003, drama)
- Ruined Stars (2004, poetry)
- Troubled: A Memoir in Poems (2008, poetry)
- Compared to Hitler (Tightrope Books, 2013, selected essays)
- Bright Eyed (Coach House Press, 2015, memoir)
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- Pervatory (Coach House Press, 2023, novel, published posthumously)
References
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- ^ Colin H. Smith, "'A psychotic assembly of Post-it notes'; R.M. Vaughan's latest exhibit challenges our need to order pictures and words". Telegraph Journal, March 25, 2000.
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- ^ Nathaniel G. Moore, "Writer RM Vaughan lived with me during COVID-19, before he died — we were friends, confidantes, collaborators". Toronto Star, October 25, 2020.
- ^ Mitchel Raphael, "Where gay goes after the mainstream". Toronto Star, May 17, 1998.
- ^ Brett Josef Grubisic, "RM Vaughan tries to keep Bright Eyed in new book" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Daily Xtra, May 14, 2015.
- ^ Rachel Cave, "N.B. writers and LGBTQ community 'very worried' about missing mentor Richard Vaughan". CBC News New Brunswick, October 14, 2020.
- ^ Christopher DiRaddo, "Posthumous books by Canlit legends Marie-Claire Blais and RM Vaughan". Xtra Magazine, November 13, 2023.
External links
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