Kitten report #02
A photo and video update of the continuing adventures of kittens Charlie and George.
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Kitten report #01
The latest report on the intrepid adventures of Charlie and George, tabby brothers, 15 1/2 weeks old. With photos.
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New Interview up at Disability Arts Online
In Disability Arts Online I discuss So Lucky and all things #CripLit.
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Itty bitty pretty kitties: kitten report #0
Introducing our new kitty overlords, Charlie and George: 12-week-old tabby kittens.
Read moreWhy you should never believe your own publicity
Turning up at number 6 of Famous Essayist from England is a prime example of why a writer should never believe her own publicity.
Read moreSo Lucky shortlisted for Washington State Book Award in Fiction
So Lucky is a finalist for this year’s Washington State Book Award
Read moreMore Hild-inspired art
If you need a break from the depressing and teeth-grindingly infuriating news cycle, go take a look at the page of Hild-inspired…
Read moreThis year’s flowers
We got a late start this year on our pots and baskets of herbs and flowers. But the front garden is a riot of colour.
Read more31 years ago
31 years ago today, on a miserably hot Sunday, I met Kelley…
Read moreBucket of eels
It’s been an interesting and difficult year so far. Words have occasionally felt irrelevant. But here’s an attempt to explain a little of what’s going on…
Read moreThe women of my writing motherline
Today in Electric Literature I talk about five women who shaped my writing. They are part of my writing motherline.
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The role of embodiment in creative and scholarly enquiry: a plenary lecture
Last week I gave a plenary lecture—at IONA, a new medieval conference in Vancouver, BC. I talked about the role of embodiment and identity in creative and scholarly enquiry. Here’s the PDF and slides.
Read moreAn honourable man
Ten days ago I gave the eulogy at my father’s funeral. I’ve made many speeches, but this was one of the hardest.
Read moreEric P Griffith, 1925 – 2019
My father died this morning. He was 93.
Read moreI am not anyone’s metaphor
A new interview with me about So Lucky now up at A&U magazine.
Read moreUpcoming events
Three events in the next four weeks: in Seattle, on Orcas Island, and in Vancouver BC.
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Brandi Carlile made me cry
I’ve only seen Brandi Carlile perform once, at a private event nine years ago, but the memory of that night is strong and visceral. Here’s a repost my thoughts from that event.
Read moreDeep and crisp and even
It snowed. Again. The fence is buried, the van is buried, the road is buried. Everything is buried in 7-8″. Apparently there’s more on the way today. And tomorrow. And Monday. As for Tuesday, well, let’s talk about that.
Read moreMy new favourite interview
“…the role of women in the so-called Dark Ages could not remotely resemble the bullshit we’ve been fed in which we were merely rape toys and/or brood mares and/or warty old wise women of the wood” A new interivew up at Moss.
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Passport to a perilous future
So, after Prime Minister Theresa May’s historic Brexit deal defeat in the Commons—the worst government defeat ever—what happens next?
Read moreThe gift of a negative review
Part of a critic’s job is to offer an expert, informed opinion of art. Keyword: informed. We need disabled critics to review disabled art.
Read moreMerry Christmas – Have a present!
Every year I try to find a different way to destroy the Christmas tree. This year I went with short and sweet. Enjoy!
Read more2018 in review
I’ll be mostly offline for the next two weeks, so I’m posting my roundup of 2018 today.
Read moreGreat Grinning Thing
In CascadiaM/i> Sharma Shields has written a beautiful review essay about So Lucky. She really gets it. A nondisabled critic could not have written this.
Read more2018 blog stats
I published a little bit more this year, 75 posts vs. 68, and a couple of new pages. The average word count…
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