Books & Essays

  • A new book by D. Boyd and me is now available from Frog Hollow Press

  • I am proud to be part of this anthology of writing from and about New Brunswick-based literature. Go NB!

    Book cover for poetries of New Brunswick

  • Frog Hollow Press is publishing my one act play One Year After as part of their ongoing New Brunswick Chapbook series. You can get yourself a tasty copy right here
     
  • Koyama Press is publishing this wondrous survey of Fiona Smyth’s decades of delicious art! I have an essay in the book, and I am most proud.
  • I have an essay in this beautiful collection of Janieta Eyre’s works. Buy it for the pictures. https://chbooks.com/Books/I/Incarnations
  • Bright Eyed: Insomnia and its Cultures available in South Korea

    My book Bright Eyed: Insomnia and its Cultures is now available in South Korea and everywhere else books in Korean are sold!

     

  • New book!!
  • Strange Victory, Strange Defeat

    I contributed an essay to Drew Simpson’s new book! And it is already sold out. So there.

  • Fiction
    Toronto Noir (anthology) Akashic Books, 2008. www.akashicbooks.com Toronto Noir (anthology) Akashic Books, 2008.www.akashicbooks.com
    Spells. ECW Press. 2003. www.ecwpress.com Spells. ECW Press. 2003. www.ecwpress.com
    victorymeat Victory Meat: New Fiction From Atlantic Canada (anthology). Random House Canada. 2003.www.randomhouse.ca
    notebooks The Notebooks (anthology). Random House Canada. 2002.www.randomhouse.ca
    journeyprize2000 The Journey Prize Anthology. McClelland & Stewart. 2000.www.mcclelland.com
    carnalnation Carnal Nation (anthology). Arsenal Pulp Press. 2000.www.arsenalpulp.com
    Amend (art catalogue). Art Centre of Clarington. 2000.
    selfhelp Self Help (art catalogue). Mercer Union. 2000.
    aquiltedheart_lrg A Quilted Heart. Insomniac Press. 1998.www.insomniacpress.com
    contradictions Contra/Dictions: Queer Male Fiction (anthology). Arsenal Pulp Press. 1998. www.arsenalpulp.com
    ecstatic The Ecstatic Moment: The Best of Libido (anthology). Dell Books. 1997. www.biblio.com
  • Editor
    yokoproject The Yoko Ono Project. Velvet Touch 4/Broken Jaw Press. 2002. www.brokenjaw.com
    singapore Singapore. Velvet Touch 3/Broken Jaw Press. 2002.www.brokenjaw.com
    avoidance Avoidance Tactics. Velvet Touch 2/Broken Jaw Press. 2001.www.brokenjaw.com
    cheez100 Cheez 100: A Fiona Smyth Art Book. Peddler Press. 2001.www.fionasmyth.com
     bathory Bathory. Velvet Touch 1/Broken Jaw Press. 2000.www.brokenjaw.com
  • Plays
    Gay Monologues & Scenes: An Anthology. Playwrights' Canada Press. 2007. www.playwrightscanada.com Gay Monologues & Scenes: An Anthology. Playwrights’ Canada Press. 2007. www.playwrightscanada.com
    The Monster Trilogy. Coach House Books. 2003. www.chbooks.com The Monster Trilogy. Coach House Books. 2003.www.chbooks.com
    Camera, Woman Camera, Woman. Coach House Books. 2001.www.chbooks.com
    Rhubarb-O-Rama! (anthology). Blizzard Press. 1998. Rhubarb-O-Rama! (anthology). Blizzard Press. 1998.
  • Essays
    Parallel Universe: the poetries of New Brunswick, Sue Sinclair and Shane Neilson, editors – buy it here
    I have an essay in this beautiful collection of Janieta Eyre’s works. Buy it for the pictures. https://chbooks.com/Books/I/Incarnations
    Lorna Mills' AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD ‘Flickering Formalism: The Art of Lorna Mills’ in the catalog flip book for Lorna Mills’ exhibition of “AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD” 2015.
    12027745_881556845272233_221941581269935465_n Strange Victory, Strange Defeat
    Published by the Leo Kuelbs Collection ( NYC, Berlin ) 2015.
    Compulsive Acts: Essays, Interviews, Reflections on the Works of Sky Gilbert. Guernica Editions. 2014. Compulsive Acts: Essays, Interviews, Reflections on the Works of Sky Gilbert. Guernica Editions. 2014.
    Arcana, art catalogue, from Archive Kabinett , Berlin Arcana, art catalogue, from Archive Kabinett , Berlin
    berlin New Berlin Painters 3, art catalogue, from New Berlin Painters
    comparedtohitler Compared To Hitler: Selected Essays — Tightrope Books (click image for full pdf of cover)
    vaughan_este Silly Damned Thing Anyhow (Drew Simpson art catalogue). Galerie D’Este, Montreal.
    Barton For The Boy With The Eyes Of The Virgin by John Barton. Introduction by RM Vaughan
    forrestall William Forrestall: Objects for Study Drawings, paintings, & meditations by William Forrestall. Foreword by RM Vaughan
    wildtame Wild/Tame, an art catalogue, published by the Art Gallery of Peterborough.
    midlifeshelf Mid-Life/Shelf Life (art catalogue). V Tape, Toronto. 2010.
    andyFabo Ando Fabo: Retrospective (art catalogue). Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. 2009
    razorBeam Matt Crookshank: Razor Beam (art catalogue). Published by Skew Gallery, Calgary & Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexico.
    secondPersonQueer Second Person Queer. Arsenal Pulp Press. 2009.
    abrams John Abrams: Cinema Vernis (art catalogue). McMaster Museum of Art. 2008.
    mitchrobertson Mitch Robertson: S & P 100 (art catalogue/CD-ROM). Koffler Gallery, Toronto. 2007.
    julievoyce Julie Voyce: Paste-Up. (art catalogue) Thom Thomson & Southern Albert Art Gallery. 2007.
    stateofarts The State of the Arts. (essay/art project). Coach House Books. 2006. www.chbooks.com
    reversedcities Reversed Cities: Francesco Pignatelli (art catalogue). Prima-Fila/SPIN Gallery. 2005.
    Marks & Concessions (art catalogue). Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Ontario. 2005.
    sinbad Sinbad In The Rented World (art catalogue). Art Gallery of York University. 2004.
    Shore/Lines (art catalogue). MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, Ontario. 2003.
    Somnambulist Wake: Fiona Smyth (art catalogue). Open 2002. Venice, Italy. 2002.
    Motherhood (art catalogue). Christopher Cutts Gallery. Toronto. 2002.
    Alcools (art catalogue). Sadye Bronfman Centre. Montreal. 2001.
    2000words 2000 Words: Musings on the Medium (art catalogue). Gallery TPW. Toronto. 2000.
    Restless Requiem: Catherine Hale’s Seductive Altars (art catalogue). UNB Press. 1998.
    The Bank of Symbiosis (art catalogue). Symbiosis Collective. 1998.
    DISCovering Authors: Canadian Series (CD Rom). Gale Research. 1996.
    paintedtainted Painted, Tainted, Sainted (introductory essay). PUC Press. 1996.
    Symbiosis: The Clinic (art catalogue). Symbiosis Collective. 1995.
    semiotexte Semiotext(e) CANADAS (anthology). Semiotext(e) Publications. 1994.
    William Forrestall’s (Muted) Cornucopia (art catalogue). Studio 21. 1992.
  • Poetry

     

    Cover image for the book Troubled, by RM Vaughan
    Troubled: A Memoir in Poems. Coach House Books. 2008.
    Troubled: A Memoir in Poems. Coach House Books. 2008.www.chbooks.com

    Cover of the book Seminal
    Seminal: Canadian Gay Male Poetry (anthology). Arsenal Pulp Press. 2007. www.arsenalpulp.com
    Seminal: Canadian Gay Male Poetry (anthology). Arsenal Pulp Press. 2007. www.arsenalpulp.com
    ddv Desire Doom & Vice (anthology). Wingate Press. 2005.
    RuinedStars Ruined Stars. ECW Press. 2004. www.ecwpress.com
    geeksmisfits Geeks, Misfits & Outlaws (anthology). McGilligan Press. 2003. www.mcgilliganbooks.com
    commonsky Common Sky: Canadian Writers Against The War (anthology). Three Squares Press. 2003.
    coastlines Coastlines: Atlantic Canadian Poetry (anthology). Goose Lane Editions. 2002. www.gooselane.com
    An Herbal For Men (chapbook w/Allyson Mitchell). Bucky & Fluff Craft Factory. 2002.
    invisibletopredators Invisible To Predators. ECW Press. 1999.www.ecwpress.com
    14 Reasons Not To Eat Potato Chips … (chapbook). above/ground press. 1999.
    writteninskin Written in the Skin (anthology). Insomniac Press. 1998.www.insomniacpress.com
    96 Tears (in my jeans). (chapbook) Broken Jaw Press. 1998.www.brokenjaw.com
    gaylovepoetry Gay Love Poetry (anthology). Robinson Publishing U.K. 1997.
    To Monsieur Desmoulins … (chapbook). Tortoise Shell and Black. 1997.
    dazzlingscarves A Selection of Dazzling Scarves. ECW Press. 1996.www.ecwpress.com
    carnival Carnival: A Scream In High Park Reader (anthology). Insomniac Press. 1996. www.insomniacpress.com
    bluesandtrue Blues and True Concussions: 6 New Poets (anthology). Anansi. 1996. www.anansi.ca
    Plush (anthology). Coach House Press. 1995. Re-issued by ECW Press 2000. www.ecwpress.com
    lastword The Last Word (anthology). Insomniac Press. 1995.www.insomniacpress.com
    Beyond Bad Times (anthology). Snow Apple Press. 1993.
    Expressions (anthology). Expressions Press. 1993.
    Shout and Speak Out Loud (anthology). Wild East. 1993.
    The InCorrupt Tables. Wild East/Salamanca Chapbooks. 1992. Reprinted 1995. www.brokenjaw.com