Patrick Gaughan

Patrick Gaughan’s poems, essays, & interviews have appeared in The Believer, Boston Review, BOMB, & others. He hosts the P L A T F O R M lecture series with Jon Ruseski. He is the artistic director of Xfinity Theater, & writer/director of the plays Fast Five (2014) & Today (2016). [twitter] [tumblr]

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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. VI

  "A world of laughter, a world of tears / It’s a world of hope and a world of fears"

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. V

  Two things are certain about the new year: tradition will live, and people will die.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. IV: Mini-Mascot

  It's turtles all the way down.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. III

  When you set out to prune an artificial flower and end up giving a fuzzy mane to Jesus Christ.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. II: Mini-War

  "Are there more war reenactments than wars? Are there more plastic soldiers than soldiers?"

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Essays

  Mini-Europe, Vol. I

  "The large assaults the eye. It obstructs, resists a frame. The small invites noticing. Utopia through shrinkage."

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Shrapnel

  A History of Yawp

  When Whitman sold you Levi's.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Shrapnel

  Another Think Piece on Actor/Poet Kristen Stewart

  K-Stew, Kerouac, and the poetic identities of 23 year olds.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Shrapnel

  A Review of Valentine’s Day

  Watching Ashton while dreaming of Barthes.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Shrapnel

  A Review of The Epic Split

  Suspended between two Volvo trucks, a wrinkled, fissured Jean-Claude Van Damme races the twilight backwards.

  By Patrick Gaughan
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  Shrapnel

  A Review of Yeezus

  Kanye West's Yeezus isn't just any old album, so Patrick Gaughan gives it something more than just any old review.

  By Patrick Gaughan