Patrick Blanchfield is an academic and journalist. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature, and completed Emory University's program in psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice. Patrick writes about gun violence, trauma, religion, and masculinity. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, n+1, Dissent, The New Inquiry, Foreign Policy, and many other venues. Blanchfield hosts the podcast Ordinary Unhappiness with his partner Abby Kluchin.