R.M. Vaughan

Richard Murray Vaughan (born 1965, Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright.

A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick, Vaughan currently lives in Toronto. He was playwright-in-residence at Buddies in Bad Times in 1994-95, and has published numerous works, including articles in Utne Reader. He is openly gay.

Publications

 * 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)