Nicola Griffith

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

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Image description: Composite image of two book covers of So Lucky: A Novel, by Nicola Griffith. On the left, the UK edition. On a black background, a burning torch flames in orange and yellow up and across at least half the image. At the top, in between the flames are quotes from the Independent ‘a short, fast-paced whirlwind of a novel’ and BBC Culture‘a sophisticated thriller’. Below is the title, So Lucky in salmon-coloured type, and the author’s name, Nicola Griffith, in white. On the right, the US edition. The background is matte black with the title “So Lucky,” and the author’s name “Nicola Griffith,” in big uppercase type rendered as burning paper. In smaller, brighter letters between title and author is, “A novel,” and, below the writer’s name, “Author of Hild”

Neither Dying Nor Being Cured

This is the essay version of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture I gave last year at Ohio State University. It was first…

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Posted on October 9, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in 1-essays
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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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Posted on August 23, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I am not anyone’s metaphor

A new interview with me about So Lucky now up at A&U magazine.

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Posted on March 22, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The 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.

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Posted on January 16, 2019 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit: Fabulous New YA and MG Fiction, Sunday 12/09, 1pm Pacific

Image description: Rectangular graphic with a white background and black text that reads “#CripLit TwitterChat New YA and MG Fiction, December 9, 2018,…

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Posted on December 5, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Rewriting the Old Disability Script

Today I have an Op-Ed in the New York Times about the rewriting the familiar disability script and changing the world.

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Posted on November 14, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Resistance & Hope: an interview with Alice Wong

I resist the idea that nothing can change and that every system is broken. I resist the idea that representation is enough when what we really want is power.

An interview with Alice Wong, editor of Resistance & Hope

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Posted on October 16, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit chat Sunday 10/28: Resistance and Hope

The thirteenth #CripLit chat, co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong, is timed to celebrate the publication of Resistance and Hope, an anthology of essays by disabled people: Sunday 28 October, 4pm Pacific.

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Posted on October 9, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Booksellers, this one weird trick could increase your bottom line by 25%!

One weird trick for booksellers to increase revenues by 25%: make your store, website, and social media accessible. Here are some tips and resources.

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Posted on October 2, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Book Bingo 2018 and ableism

Seattle Arts & Lectures, in concert with the Seattle Public Library, has once again put together a book-related bingo card. In terms of disability, it’s problematic.

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Posted on June 20, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit chat Sun 6/10: New Nonfiction by Disabled Writers

The 12th #CripLit Twitter chat, on new nonfiction by disabled writers, will be guest hosted by Naomi Ortiz (@thinkfreestyle) on Sunday 6/10, 7 pm Eastern.

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Posted on June 1, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit chat Sat 5/19: New Fiction by Disabled Writers

Join us Saturday May 19, 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific for a special Twitter chat with Nicola Griffith and Anne Finger who will be talking about their new novels So Lucky and A Woman, In Bed, both published the same day (Tues 5/15)! Come ask questions or just listen in!

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Posted on May 6, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A piece in Catapult about representation

Out yesterday, an interview I did with Marian Ryan for Catapult in which I chat about the importance of seeing characters like ourselves in fiction.

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Posted on February 1, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

8/6 #CripLit Twitter chat—writing workshop accessibility

For our tenth #Criplit chat for disabled writers we’ve invited representatives from three summer writing workshops to come and chat about what they’re doing to make their writing programmes accessible.

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Posted on December 9, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Fries Test for disabled characters in fiction

The Fries Test for fiction: Does a work have more than one disabled character. Do those character have their own narrative purpose? Are they not killed or cured?

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Posted on November 4, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

New novel, So Lucky, out 15 May 2018

Holy shit! I have a book coming out in seven months! My new novel So Lucky will be published on May 15, 2018, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux .

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Posted on October 24, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Disability visibility in the queer community

In a Curve magazine article, I talk about disabled visibility in the queer community.

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Posted on October 20, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Disability Literature Consortium

The Disability Literature Consortium (DLC) is a group of disability journals who have come together to provide a booth at the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference to showcase the work of disabled writers. They are raising funds on Generosity.

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Posted on September 13, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

8/6 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Writing Disability

You are invited to the ninth #CripLit Twitter chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project®. We want to talk about the experience of writing about and from being disabled. Please join us on 6 August, 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern

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Posted on July 28, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

An open letter to all writing programmes, workshops, and retreats

After I have fulfilled my immediate contractual obligations, I will no longer support in any way any writing-related programme or organisation that does not have a public commitment to and specific timetable for becoming accessible.

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Posted on July 27, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Special #CripLit: “Crips in Space” Thursday May 11

To celebrate a special issue of The Deaf Poets Society, “Crips in Space,” we’ll hold a #CripLit Twitter chat on Thursday 11 May 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern.

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Posted on May 5, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Storify of Sunday’s #CripLit chat on YA/KidLit

The Storify of Sunday’s #CripLit chat on YA/KidLit is up. That means we now have seven chats archived.

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Posted on April 11, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit: Disability and Young Adult/KidLit, Sunday, April 9, 7 PM Eastern

On Sunday April 9, 7pm Eastern we’ll host the seventh #CripLit chat, in which disabled writers and editors and other interested parties get together to talk about issues relating to disability and literature. Today’s chat centres on YA/KidLit.

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Posted on March 29, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Some thoughts on Crip Futurism

The Storify of the #CripLit Crip Futurism chat is up. Here’s a version of what I said rendered in paragraph form.

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Posted on February 21, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Crip Futurism!

For me this is perfect timing and squarely in my wheelhouse: a Twitter chat on disability, SFF, and futurism. Fiction and non-fiction. Join us!

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Posted on February 12, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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