Nicola Griffith

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

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My music in one easy-to-listen-to playlist

Here’s a playlist of the nine songs included in the CD inside And Now We Are Going to Have a Party.

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Posted on April 23, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Walking away from it all, redux

From: Gregory You once wrote “I constantly try to live up to my ideal of myself as a person and a writer (if…

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Posted on June 10, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I am not on the cover of my novel

From: Ed HallDamn. Is it my imagination, or have you wound up on the cover of another of your books? Detail from…

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Posted on March 4, 2013 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Dirty Old Town

This is “Dirty Old Town,” by Ewan MacColl. As Prospero, the Economist art blog, points out: “Although about Salford, it could be…

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Posted on March 24, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Available for rent: the Acropolis

Parthenon (Cornell) Parthenon (Brooklyn Museum) These two photos were taken a long time ago. But this is how the Acropolis looked when…

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Posted on January 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

29 years ago today: me on video

Dead Kennedys, The Damned, The Undertones, Cocteau Twins, Killing Joke, Stiff Little Fingers, and my band, Janes Plane. What do we all…

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Posted on December 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Clarion romance, 23 years on

Kelley and me, 1989 Today is the 23rd anniversary of the day I met Kelley. I told the story in my multi-media…

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Posted on June 26, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ammonite and Janes Plane

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Which also happens to be the anniversary of the very first performance of my long-ago band, Janes…

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Posted on March 9, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

SF/F Translation Award draw — great prizes

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards are for works of speculative fiction translated into English from other languages. It’s a small…

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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My coming out story

Today is Coming Out day (in the US, tomorrow in the UK). I’ve been out, very out, since I was sixteen. I…

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Posted on October 11, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Grief and its anniversaries

Just over a week ago it was the 22nd anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. I forgot. I have mixed feelings…

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Posted on October 2, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Wow: The Elements–what an iPad textbook can look like

(via eBookNewser) The 3-D option is particularly nifty. I’m thinking what an amazing iPad version I could make of And Now We…

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Posted on April 8, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

wanting to go after my subconscious with a knife

From: Barbara (in a comment to this post) So where did Julia’s name come from? She’s hardly a secondary character. And Victoria…

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Posted on April 26, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

go spend yourself blind!

“This ain’t your Mama’s memoir.”— Malinda Lo, AfterEllen.com “A reflection of the mental landscape of an extraordinary writer.”— Dorothy Allison “Brave, forthright,…

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Posted on April 3, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

pronouns and reader engagement

A report in Science Daily about pronouns in fiction and how readers imagine character: ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2009) — While reading a…

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Posted on February 21, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

drop and give me 20

Exercise kills cravings. Another duh: ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2009) — Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that…

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Posted on February 20, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tetris + Ecstasy = no PTSD

illustration: The Economist In Medical News Today, I read an article that triggered a lot of thinking. It’s about how playing Tetris…

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Posted on January 12, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday audio: Corner for You

Yesterday was the nineteenth anniversary of me coming to live with Kelley in this country. You’ve already heard the sappy song I…

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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday audio: You Lied

Okay, after a day of rest and turkey I got all contemplative, so this is going to be a long one. Today’s…

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Posted on November 28, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

are Mary Sue characters inevitable?

I came across this review the other day by the woman (could be a man, I suppose, but I don’t think so)…

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Posted on October 1, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Party for sale!

This just in from Payseur and Schmidt: Payseur & Schmidt Mailing List Sale! Because we appreciate all of our fans out there,…

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Posted on September 20, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

queer because of demonic possession

I thought this was a joke at first but apparently not: WESTMINSTER, UK, August 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A priest of Westminster,…

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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

origins and insults

From: Sly An excerpt (from And Now We Are Going to Have a Party): “I imagined the officer nodding self-importantly and reporting…

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Posted on July 24, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday audio: Draw Me Down

My audio for this week is a song, “Draw Me Down,” that I made up one day in England while doing the…

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Posted on July 18, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I just realised something…

I was just rereading my essay, “Identity and SF: Story as Science and Fiction,” to make sure it hadn’t got scrambled in…

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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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