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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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…
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreThis 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…
Read moreI’ve never hidden the fact that I have MS but today I’m coming out as a cripple—claiming my identity as disabled.
Read more“Colder Wind” by Wylie Beckert. A few months ago I did a post about all the different art of “Cold Wind,” my…
Read moreAt the end of last summer—mid-August—I unexpectedly wrote a short story, “Cold Wind.” It was triggered by heat and brine and music…
Read moreWhat do this picture, a detail from Terry Windling’s Deer Maiden (which hangs on our wall; we bought it at a Tiptree…
Read moreAs always, it’s been an interesting year. Despite rewriting Hild, a 200,000 words novel, more than once, I managed to do a…
Read moreRiva Lehrer’s portrait of me is finished (for a long, ruminative explanation of the project, read this post). Unframed, it measures 32 x…
Read moreI think I’ve mentioned before that I was contacted late last year by artist Riva Lehrer who wanted to do my portrait…
Read morephoto 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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Nicola Griffith 