Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: July 2015

New interview in the Seattle Review of Books

I’m interviewed by Paul Constant for the launch of the Seattle Review of Books. It’s a verbatim transcript of a phone conversation (no editing, at least not by me)…

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Posted on July 27, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Cory Doctorow in conversation with Frank Catalano, Seattle, July 28th, 7 pm

Cory Doctorow talks about privacy, surveillance, and freedom of information in Seattle, July 28, 7:00 pm. Tickets $10. Proceeds to Clarion West.

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Posted on July 24, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Mother in speculative fiction

Adrienne Rich said that cathexis about the mother-daughter relationship is “the great unwritten story” in US and UK fiction. By this she didn’t mean women don’t write about it, but that literary critics don’t. This is particularly true in the genre of speculative fiction.

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Posted on July 22, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Readercon Guest of Honour report

Readercon 26 was a wonder and a delight. I recommend it highly. Here are some of my favourite moments.

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Posted on July 20, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

New essay: The Women You Didn’t See

Up at the Los Angeles Review of Books my essay, “The Women You Didn’t See.” Epistolatory criticism and a meditation on gender.

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Posted on July 9, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Readercon readings

I’m reading twice at Readercon: Friday at 2 pm and again at 7 pm.

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Posted on July 8, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

For those attuned to theremins

I write for those who, when—in real life, or a book, or a song—they touch something that makes them shiver, don’t turn and run, but turn and follow.

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Posted on July 6, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Less jaw-jaw, more chainsaw

Free association time…

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Posted on July 3, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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