Nicola Griffith

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

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Today: Women and Children First, 2:00pm PT/4:00 pm CT, with Riva Lehrer

In just a few hours I’ll be talking with Riva Lehrer for Women and Children First about queer and disability rep in the past and present, and we, too, get to whack each other’s heads off with swords! Bring questions—lot of questions! I’m dying to talk about this book!

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Posted on April 22, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Four books covers in a row. From left to right: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, in shades of blue. Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen, also in blues. Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer, mostly blue with a figure wearing a tomato-red sweater. One, Two, three by Laurie Frankel, mostly in greens.

New Books to Look For

Here are 4 books to look for: three coming out very soon (next week! next month!) and one that was published late last year just as Covid was surging and election-related horrors were gearing up…

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Posted on April 30, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Columbus, OH: 4/18 @3:45pm

On Wednesday April 18, with artist Riva Lehrer, I’ll be giving the Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture on Disability Arts and Culture at Ohio State University’s 18th Annual Multiple Perspectives Conference at 3:45pm.

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Posted on April 10, 2018 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Making Disability Public, Friday May 13

This is my first appearance where I not only talk about and read from my work but discuss the impact of disability on that work. Expect readings focused on the body and its full-sensory physical delights…

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Posted on May 5, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Coming out as a cripple

I’ve never hidden the fact that I have MS but today I’m coming out as a cripple—claiming my identity as disabled.

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Posted on April 25, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Colder Wind

“Colder Wind” by Wylie Beckert. A few months ago I did a post about all the different art of “Cold Wind,” my…

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Posted on January 9, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

All the different art of “Cold Wind”

At the end of last summer—mid-August—I unexpectedly wrote a short story, “Cold Wind.” It was triggered by heat and brine and music…

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Posted on June 26, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Your mystery for today

What do this picture, a detail from Terry Windling’s Deer Maiden (which hangs on our wall; we bought it at a Tiptree…

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Posted on September 1, 2013 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Some interesting bits of an interesting year, Part One

As always, it’s been an interesting year. Despite rewriting Hild, a 200,000 words novel, more than once, I managed to do a…

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Posted on December 29, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My portrait is finished

Riva Lehrer’s portrait of me is finished (for a long, ruminative explanation of the project, read this post). Unframed, it measures 32 x…

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Posted on December 17, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Portrait in progress

I think I’ve mentioned before that I was contacted late last year by artist Riva Lehrer who wanted to do my portrait…

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Posted on September 21, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How I look now

photo by Riva Lehrer, January 2012 This photo is by the artist Riva Lehrer. It’s low-res and not well-lit because it’s just…

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Posted on January 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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