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Just a reminder that Nicola and I will read at A Different Light bookstore in West Hollywood on Friday, May 30 at 7:30 pm.
If you’re in LA, please join us — and feel free to bring a dozen or so friends. Here’s a nifty flyer (thanks so much, Nancy and Jennifer!) to forward to anyone in the world you think might be interested.
Come hear some stories. Have some conversation. Find out if Nicola won the Lammy. We’ll have fun.
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters
Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop. — W.H. Auden
Come dance with me this Saturday. I’m up from 6:30 – 7:00pm, and then again from 7:30 – 8:00 pm.
If you’re asking yourself What in the Sam Hill is this dancing thing all about?, here’s the scoop.
The Short Review reviews Dangerous Space.
They’ve also posted an interview which, as my editor at Aqueduct has pointed out, does not mention the word “gender” a single time. I get the impression she thinks this is a miracle for me. But in fact it’s not all about gender, really. Sometimes it’s about sex other things.
Enjoy.
…has changed. I will dance next on Saturday, May 24 (not tomorrow, for those of you who are using the blog to keep track), and after that on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
If you are new to this blog and wonder what in tarnation I’m talking about, find out here and here. And then come dance with me!
Nicola and I will read for the first time in Los Angeles at A Different Light bookstore (West Hollywood) on May 30 at 7:30 pm. I’ll be reading from Dangerous Space, and Nicola will be reading from something amazing she’s written (grin, meaning I have no idea what she’s decided).
We both love to read, and we’re good at it — so please come and hear our stories, talk to us about writing and life, and help us get a glimpse into the reality of the City of Angels. LA is one of the iconic American cities, like New York and Chicago, a city that everyone “knows” even if they’ve never been there. I’m no different — I haven’t been to LA in, I don’t know, more than 30 years, and yet I have all kinds of opinions and ideas about it (shakes head at the wackiness of being an American). I’m looking forward to it.
We’re also attending the Lambda Literary Awards ceremony on May 29 (also in West Hollywood, in an unusual instance of life being convenient…). We’ll be gussied up in our party best (it’s a big deal when they let the writers come out and play, you know? So we take it very seriously!) If you’re there, please say hello and help us enjoy the evening.
Nicola will read at the Lambda Literary Awards Finalists reading at Hugo House in Seattle on May 6 at 7:00 pm. Also reading is Corrina Wycoff, finalist in the Lesbian Debut Fiction category.
Nicola will read from her kickass memoir, and it will be fun. The reading is in the Cabaret space at Hugo House, and the café very sensibly offers beer and wine for sale during the event. Please join us for an evening of good writing in a convivial atmosphere.
I’m delighted to announce that my novella “Dangerous Space” is a Tiptree Honor List selection for 2007.
Thanks very much to the Tiptree Jury for their consideration and support, and to Aqueduct Press for publishing Dangerous Space and giving me a chance to write the story that comes closest (so far) to how I feel about music.
Congratulations to Sarah Hall, winner of the Tiptree Award for her novel The Carhullan Army.
Nicola’s novel Always is out in trade paperback. Many congratulations to my sweetie, of whom I am overwhelmingly proud, as always.
Seriously, folks — let’s reflect. Nicola Griffith has:
And now, Aud Torvingen (“one of my favorite kick-ass, super-competent, coolheaded, hotblooded, semilegal girls”1) is running for president! (And it’s not even that much of a stretch to imagine electing a fictional character right now, since it feels like we already have one in the job…)
1 Salon.com
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
— Japanese proverb
My dancing debut is Saturday, April 5. Two shifts: 6:30 – 7:00 pm, and 7:30 – 8:00 pm. I’ll dance the first Saturday of every month for the foreseeable future, although I’m not entirely sure that I’ll have the same shifts every time. We’ll see.
A reminder of the pertinent details:
It can get crowded, but please let me know you’re there!
I am so excited!
Nicola’s memoir And Now We Are Going to Have a Party is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for women’s memoir.
My sweetie rocks.