#pm-press — Public Fediverse posts
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Top ten posts in June 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/03/top-ten-posts-in-june-2026/ #666 #absolutelyFree #aeschylus #AgathosDaimon #aleisterCrowley #alexandria #allImplications #allParties #ancientGreekTexts #Antiphon #anyAct #anySexualPractices #approvedOrNo #aristotle #authority #beast #bestPosts #bestTen #called #CaroleRaddato #Catacombs #CatrionaMcAra #ChloeAridjis #classicalGreece #coEmerge #communicate #conjuring #conquer #contemporaryArts #CorinneHalbert #creativeIntellectuals #death #desire #desires #developedInTandem #diaryOfADrugFiend #direct #distorted #diy #doItYourself #DoubleEdgeTheatre #dreamInterpretation #dreams #Egypt #embodyingADesire #ethically #everyIntermediatelySexedIndividual #everyMan #everyWoman #extremelyVulgar #fadedIntoObscurity #feminist #figurative #film #fullyAware #fundraiser #hackReality #hackerEthos #heartilyAgree #HeidiSopinka #hermeneuticsOfSimilarity #Herodotus #hiddenMeaning #HippocraticDoctors #historicalRelationships #homer #howTo #indirect #interpret #JDamask #JohnColleton #JournalOfCinemaAndMediaStudies #June2026 #KomElShoqafa #lateTwentiethCentury #legally #LeonoraCarrington #lessWholesomeNames #liberAlVelLegis #life #literalExpression #living #LucySkaer #LynnLu #magicalMedium #magicalMetaphors #magicallyTinged #mediaForms #meet #metaphorical #methodologies #MirjamEKotwick #NewComment #newTechnologies #obviouslySchizophrenic #occultBeliefs #outrageousLies #patinaOfMagic #photography #physiologically #plato #PMPress #practices #prestige #providedOnlyThat #radio #rational #religiously #responsibilities #ripAWole #SamanthaSweeting #Self #ShiraChess #signifyMeaning #spinning #spokeUpAgainst #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #symbolic #TPolyphilus #TShirt #Technopaganism #telegraphy #television #TheAncientInterpretationOfDreams #TheAntifascistTarot #TheBookOfTheLaw #theFabricOfReality #theInternet #thePeople #TheTremblingOfALeaf #TildaSwinton #toBoot #toExceed #toTheFull #topPosts #topTen #traitors #userCentric #weiserAntiquarianBooks #WolfAtTheDoor -
Top ten posts in June 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/03/top-ten-posts-in-june-2026/ #666 #absolutelyFree #aeschylus #AgathosDaimon #aleisterCrowley #alexandria #allImplications #allParties #ancientGreekTexts #Antiphon #anyAct #anySexualPractices #approvedOrNo #aristotle #authority #beast #bestPosts #bestTen #called #CaroleRaddato #Catacombs #CatrionaMcAra #ChloeAridjis #classicalGreece #coEmerge #communicate #conjuring #conquer #contemporaryArts #CorinneHalbert #creativeIntellectuals #death #desire #desires #developedInTandem #diaryOfADrugFiend #direct #distorted #diy #doItYourself #DoubleEdgeTheatre #dreamInterpretation #dreams #Egypt #embodyingADesire #ethically #everyIntermediatelySexedIndividual #everyMan #everyWoman #extremelyVulgar #fadedIntoObscurity #feminist #figurative #film #fullyAware #fundraiser #hackReality #hackerEthos #heartilyAgree #HeidiSopinka #hermeneuticsOfSimilarity #Herodotus #hiddenMeaning #HippocraticDoctors #historicalRelationships #homer #howTo #indirect #interpret #JDamask #JohnColleton #JournalOfCinemaAndMediaStudies #June2026 #KomElShoqafa #lateTwentiethCentury #legally #LeonoraCarrington #lessWholesomeNames #liberAlVelLegis #life #literalExpression #living #LucySkaer #LynnLu #magicalMedium #magicalMetaphors #magicallyTinged #mediaForms #meet #metaphorical #methodologies #MirjamEKotwick #NewComment #newTechnologies #obviouslySchizophrenic #occultBeliefs #outrageousLies #patinaOfMagic #photography #physiologically #plato #PMPress #practices #prestige #providedOnlyThat #radio #rational #religiously #responsibilities #ripAWole #SamanthaSweeting #Self #ShiraChess #signifyMeaning #spinning #spokeUpAgainst #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #symbolic #TPolyphilus #TShirt #Technopaganism #telegraphy #television #TheAncientInterpretationOfDreams #TheAntifascistTarot #TheBookOfTheLaw #theFabricOfReality #theInternet #thePeople #TheTremblingOfALeaf #TildaSwinton #toBoot #toExceed #toTheFull #topPosts #topTen #traitors #userCentric #weiserAntiquarianBooks #WolfAtTheDoor -
Top ten posts in June 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/03/top-ten-posts-in-june-2026/ #666 #absolutelyFree #aeschylus #AgathosDaimon #aleisterCrowley #alexandria #allImplications #allParties #ancientGreekTexts #Antiphon #anyAct #anySexualPractices #approvedOrNo #aristotle #authority #beast #bestPosts #bestTen #called #CaroleRaddato #Catacombs #CatrionaMcAra #ChloeAridjis #classicalGreece #coEmerge #communicate #conjuring #conquer #contemporaryArts #CorinneHalbert #creativeIntellectuals #death #desire #desires #developedInTandem #diaryOfADrugFiend #direct #distorted #diy #doItYourself #DoubleEdgeTheatre #dreamInterpretation #dreams #Egypt #embodyingADesire #ethically #everyIntermediatelySexedIndividual #everyMan #everyWoman #extremelyVulgar #fadedIntoObscurity #feminist #figurative #film #fullyAware #fundraiser #hackReality #hackerEthos #heartilyAgree #HeidiSopinka #hermeneuticsOfSimilarity #Herodotus #hiddenMeaning #HippocraticDoctors #historicalRelationships #homer #howTo #indirect #interpret #JDamask #JohnColleton #JournalOfCinemaAndMediaStudies #June2026 #KomElShoqafa #lateTwentiethCentury #legally #LeonoraCarrington #lessWholesomeNames #liberAlVelLegis #life #literalExpression #living #LucySkaer #LynnLu #magicalMedium #magicalMetaphors #magicallyTinged #mediaForms #meet #metaphorical #methodologies #MirjamEKotwick #NewComment #newTechnologies #obviouslySchizophrenic #occultBeliefs #outrageousLies #patinaOfMagic #photography #physiologically #plato #PMPress #practices #prestige #providedOnlyThat #radio #rational #religiously #responsibilities #ripAWole #SamanthaSweeting #Self #ShiraChess #signifyMeaning #spinning #spokeUpAgainst #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #symbolic #TPolyphilus #TShirt #Technopaganism #telegraphy #television #TheAncientInterpretationOfDreams #TheAntifascistTarot #TheBookOfTheLaw #theFabricOfReality #theInternet #thePeople #TheTremblingOfALeaf #TildaSwinton #toBoot #toExceed #toTheFull #topPosts #topTen #traitors #userCentric #weiserAntiquarianBooks #WolfAtTheDoor -
Top ten posts in June 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/03/top-ten-posts-in-june-2026/ #666 #absolutelyFree #aeschylus #AgathosDaimon #aleisterCrowley #alexandria #allImplications #allParties #ancientGreekTexts #Antiphon #anyAct #anySexualPractices #approvedOrNo #aristotle #authority #beast #bestPosts #bestTen #called #CaroleRaddato #Catacombs #CatrionaMcAra #ChloeAridjis #classicalGreece #coEmerge #communicate #conjuring #conquer #contemporaryArts #CorinneHalbert #creativeIntellectuals #death #desire #desires #developedInTandem #diaryOfADrugFiend #direct #distorted #diy #doItYourself #DoubleEdgeTheatre #dreamInterpretation #dreams #Egypt #embodyingADesire #ethically #everyIntermediatelySexedIndividual #everyMan #everyWoman #extremelyVulgar #fadedIntoObscurity #feminist #figurative #film #fullyAware #fundraiser #hackReality #hackerEthos #heartilyAgree #HeidiSopinka #hermeneuticsOfSimilarity #Herodotus #hiddenMeaning #HippocraticDoctors #historicalRelationships #homer #howTo #indirect #interpret #JDamask #JohnColleton #JournalOfCinemaAndMediaStudies #June2026 #KomElShoqafa #lateTwentiethCentury #legally #LeonoraCarrington #lessWholesomeNames #liberAlVelLegis #life #literalExpression #living #LucySkaer #LynnLu #magicalMedium #magicalMetaphors #magicallyTinged #mediaForms #meet #metaphorical #methodologies #MirjamEKotwick #NewComment #newTechnologies #obviouslySchizophrenic #occultBeliefs #outrageousLies #patinaOfMagic #photography #physiologically #plato #PMPress #practices #prestige #providedOnlyThat #radio #rational #religiously #responsibilities #ripAWole #SamanthaSweeting #Self #ShiraChess #signifyMeaning #spinning #spokeUpAgainst #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #symbolic #TPolyphilus #TShirt #Technopaganism #telegraphy #television #TheAncientInterpretationOfDreams #TheAntifascistTarot #TheBookOfTheLaw #theFabricOfReality #theInternet #thePeople #TheTremblingOfALeaf #TildaSwinton #toBoot #toExceed #toTheFull #topPosts #topTen #traitors #userCentric #weiserAntiquarianBooks #WolfAtTheDoor -
Who Owns Argentine Football? – Public Books
The 1978 World Cup stands as perhaps the most controversial tournament in football history. Argentina hosted and won…
#Football #Soccer #News #Anarchism #Argentina #Authoritarianism #history #LatinAmerica #PMPress #Politics #sports #UniversityofNewMexicoPress #WorldCup
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📚 book ORSTRALIA - A PUNK HISTORY 1974-1989 Tristan Clark 30€ [punk - Australie]
Dispo ici: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5264-livre-orstralia-a-punk-history.html
Encore un excellent livre (en anglais) édité par @pmpress sur l'histoire des premières années du punk australien. Avec plus de 300 pages ORSTRALIA documente les scènes punk des quatre coins du pays continent, des groupes les plus connus aux plus obscurs.#orstralia #australianpunk #pmpress #punkaustralia #librairielapetroleuse
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📚 book ORSTRALIA - A PUNK HISTORY 1974-1989 Tristan Clark 30€ [punk - Australie]
Dispo ici: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5264-livre-orstralia-a-punk-history.html
Encore un excellent livre (en anglais) édité par @pmpress sur l'histoire des premières années du punk australien. Avec plus de 300 pages ORSTRALIA documente les scènes punk des quatre coins du pays continent, des groupes les plus connus aux plus obscurs.#orstralia #australianpunk #pmpress #punkaustralia #librairielapetroleuse
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📚 book ORSTRALIA - A PUNK HISTORY 1974-1989 Tristan Clark 30€ [punk - Australie]
Dispo ici: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5264-livre-orstralia-a-punk-history.html
Encore un excellent livre (en anglais) édité par @pmpress sur l'histoire des premières années du punk australien. Avec plus de 300 pages ORSTRALIA documente les scènes punk des quatre coins du pays continent, des groupes les plus connus aux plus obscurs.#orstralia #australianpunk #pmpress #punkaustralia #librairielapetroleuse
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(2015) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir-baddawi/
(Interview with L.A.)
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232414(2025 #PMPress reprint)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/09/11/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir/Tatreez / embroidery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez#Art #Baddawi #Diaspora #embroidery #illustration #LeilaAbdelrazaq #Tatreez
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(2015) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir-baddawi/
(Interview with L.A.)
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232414(2025 #PMPress reprint)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/09/11/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir/Tatreez / embroidery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez#Art #Baddawi #Diaspora #embroidery #illustration #LeilaAbdelrazaq #Tatreez
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(2015) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir-baddawi/
(Interview with L.A.)
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232414(2025 #PMPress reprint)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/09/11/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir/Tatreez / embroidery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez#Art #Baddawi #Diaspora #embroidery #illustration #LeilaAbdelrazaq #Tatreez
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(2015) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir-baddawi/
(Interview with L.A.)
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232414(2025 #PMPress reprint)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/09/11/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir/Tatreez / embroidery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez#Art #Baddawi #Diaspora #embroidery #illustration #LeilaAbdelrazaq #Tatreez
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(2015) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir-baddawi/
(Interview with L.A.)
https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232414(2025 #PMPress reprint)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/09/11/stitching-out-a-life-in-graphic-memoir/Tatreez / embroidery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez#Art #Baddawi #Diaspora #embroidery #illustration #LeilaAbdelrazaq #Tatreez
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She Is Here—Still Here!
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithTuesday is traditionally book-launch day. Today She Is Here has been out three months but as a small book from a small, independent press known for its anarchist leanings (see two of my favourites from their merch offerings, below) you might not have seen it reviewed in the usual places. (I didn’t go on tour, and did only two book events—one in person right here in Seattle, and one virtual for City Lights in San Francisco.)
Both events were great, and PM Press are very happy because sales have, by their lights, been unexpectedly strong. (Yay!) But I know there are more people out there who might enjoy the book if only they knew about it.
Some might enjoy what Gary Wolfe in his Locus review characterises as the four “good short but stabby poems.” Some might prefer the essays—including epistolary criticism such as “TheWomen You Didn’t See,” which is my analysis of how Tiptree’s identity shaped her short fiction. But what I’m really keen on getting readers to discover are the four pieces of my short fiction—particularly the original novella, Many Things in Dumnet. Why should you seek them out? Well, here I’m going to quote Wolfe again to save me the embarrassment of praising myself:
More than half the book consists of the four fiction selections. The shortest is “Glimmer”… a showpiece for Griffith’s lyrical prose, as a woman (who describes herself as “a cripple”) is transformed as she travels through time and space – “pulsing, lengthening, cooling, a cord stretched past the horizon along which she slides like a bead.” “Down the Path of the Sun”, one of Griffith’s earliest stories, is a grim but powerful postapocalyptic, postplague account of the narrator’s attempts to protect her sister in a violent, desperately diminished world. Both “Cold Wind” and “Many Things in Dumnet” are rare Griffith fantasy stories. “Cold Wind”, which begins in a women’s bar in contemporary Seattle, explores the complex relationships of predator and prey, as both the narrator and the strange woman she meets there both turn out to be not quite what they seem. “Many Things in Dumnet” is set in what appears to be a fantasy version of Griffith’s early medieval Britain, in which a musician, Anya Reine, arrives in Dumnet, “most southwesterly of the kingdoms of Albion,” and quickly lands a gig at a tavern – only to be warned that no one is allowed to perform without the approval of Macalla, who at first appears to be a local crime boss. But Macalla turns out to be far more than that, and so does Anya. Aided by totemic figures such as a silver fox, she eventually finds herself defending the kingdom from the predations of Macalla’s “wodebreath.” Apart from its supernatural fireworks and its convincing portrayal of a haunted medieval setting, the story also serves as a moving paean to the power of music…
Those who follow me on Patreon know quite a bit about Dumnet—it’s part of an SFnal alt-history set in a ninth-century Dumnonia (Cornwall and Devon) in which, over four hundred years earlier, the Fall of Rome coincided with the Fall of Something Nasty From the Sky and utterly changed the trajectories of every civilisation on earth. (I’m choosing my words carefully here.) But as that novel isn’t actually written yet, this novella is presented as a fantasy—the best way for it to make sense as a standalone. And having now written it and read part of it aloud that way, I remembered just how much enjoy writing fantasy: I can feel myself changing my mind. I think I will turn the novel into a a big-ol’ sword-swangin’ alt-history science-fantasy! Full of all those delicious tropes that writing realism (whether historical fiction, crime fiction, contemporary fiction about fighting ableism, science fiction), doesn’t always allow for: Music can save the world! Sex can save the world! Violence can be a good and useful and even, y’know, kind of cool thing! Lather everything in love and lust and loss and longing! And lesbians. And villains—eeeeeevil villains who can be defeated by lusty lesbians who love to sing! Fighting to save the whole fucking *world*!!! Oh, yep now that sounds exciting…
Er, anyway, my point is that if you like novels such as Spear, Hild, Menewood, and Ammonite, you will like this novella. So do me and PM Press and perhaps yourself a favour and go read “Many Things in Dumnet”—only to be found in She Is Here.
To whet your appetite, here are a few nice things people have said about the book:
- “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
- “Fresh work from [one] of the greats in the queer literary canon! This new book contains essays, poems, art, and stories. Griffith can indeed do it all.” — Autostraddle on She Is Here
- “Griffith’s sharp and uncompromising voice comes across clearly in the nonfiction and the interview, but the important news for Griffith’s readers lies in the four short fiction pieces, especially an excellent novella, ‘Many Things in Dumnet’, which is original to the volume [and] serves as a moving paean to the power of music … She is Here is a revealing and rewarding self-portrait of one of our most important—and most outspoken—voices.” —Gary Wolfe, Locus
- “A winning survey of Griffith’s work.” — Reactor on She Is Here
- “The collection starts with the most shocking piece, Griffith’s ‘A Writer’s Manifesto.’ I was thrilled to hear Griffith read it aloud. ‘I want to write a novel that invades you,’ Griffith said. ‘I want to control what you think and feel, to put you right there, right then, killing and being killed, f—king and being f—ked, cooking and starving, drinking and thinking, barely surviving and absolutely thriving. I want to give you a life you’ve never had and change the one you live.’ From a lesser writer, these few sentences would sound arrogant, even egotistical. As it is, the manifesto is intense and…a little frightening. For Griffith, it’s a distillation of what she wants to do (and what she does) in all of her fiction. She is Here is an excellent and deeply personal introduction to both Griffith’s writing and her perspective on writing.” — Chaitna Deshmukh, The Daily
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
#books #fantasy #manyThingsInDumnet #novella #pmPress #queerFiction #shortFiction
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH Smith - “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
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She Is Here—Still Here!
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithTuesday is traditionally book-launch day. Today She Is Here has been out three months but as a small book from a small, independent press known for its anarchist leanings (see two of my favourites from their merch offerings, below) you might not have seen it reviewed in the usual places. (I didn’t go on tour, and did only two book events—one in person right here in Seattle, and one virtual for City Lights in San Francisco.)
Both events were great, and PM Press are very happy because sales have, by their lights, been unexpectedly strong. (Yay!) But I know there are more people out there who might enjoy the book if only they knew about it.
Some might enjoy what Gary Wolfe in his Locus review characterises as the four “good short but stabby poems.” Some might prefer the essays—including epistolary criticism such as “TheWomen You Didn’t See,” which is my analysis of how Tiptree’s identity shaped her short fiction. But what I’m really keen on getting readers to discover are the four pieces of my short fiction—particularly the original novella, Many Things in Dumnet. Why should you seek them out? Well, here I’m going to quote Wolfe again to save me the embarrassment of praising myself:
More than half the book consists of the four fiction selections. The shortest is “Glimmer”… a showpiece for Griffith’s lyrical prose, as a woman (who describes herself as “a cripple”) is transformed as she travels through time and space – “pulsing, lengthening, cooling, a cord stretched past the horizon along which she slides like a bead.” “Down the Path of the Sun”, one of Griffith’s earliest stories, is a grim but powerful postapocalyptic, postplague account of the narrator’s attempts to protect her sister in a violent, desperately diminished world. Both “Cold Wind” and “Many Things in Dumnet” are rare Griffith fantasy stories. “Cold Wind”, which begins in a women’s bar in contemporary Seattle, explores the complex relationships of predator and prey, as both the narrator and the strange woman she meets there both turn out to be not quite what they seem. “Many Things in Dumnet” is set in what appears to be a fantasy version of Griffith’s early medieval Britain, in which a musician, Anya Reine, arrives in Dumnet, “most southwesterly of the kingdoms of Albion,” and quickly lands a gig at a tavern – only to be warned that no one is allowed to perform without the approval of Macalla, who at first appears to be a local crime boss. But Macalla turns out to be far more than that, and so does Anya. Aided by totemic figures such as a silver fox, she eventually finds herself defending the kingdom from the predations of Macalla’s “wodebreath.” Apart from its supernatural fireworks and its convincing portrayal of a haunted medieval setting, the story also serves as a moving paean to the power of music…
Those who follow me on Patreon know quite a bit about Dumnet—it’s part of an SFnal alt-history set in a ninth-century Dumnonia (Cornwall and Devon) in which, over four hundred years earlier, the Fall of Rome coincided with the Fall of Something Nasty From the Sky and utterly changed the trajectories of every civilisation on earth. (I’m choosing my words carefully here.) But as that novel isn’t actually written yet, this novella is presented as a fantasy—the best way for it to make sense as a standalone. And having now written it and read part of it aloud that way, I remembered just how much enjoy writing fantasy: I can feel myself changing my mind. I think I will turn the novel into a a big-ol’ sword-swangin’ alt-history science-fantasy! Full of all those delicious tropes that writing realism (whether historical fiction, crime fiction, contemporary fiction about fighting ableism, science fiction), doesn’t always allow for: Music can save the world! Sex can save the world! Violence can be a good and useful and even, y’know, kind of cool thing! Lather everything in love and lust and loss and longing! And lesbians. And villains—eeeeeevil villains who can be defeated by lusty lesbians who love to sing! Fighting to save the whole fucking *world*!!! Oh, yep now that sounds exciting…
Er, anyway, my point is that if you like novels such as Spear, Hild, Menewood, and Ammonite, you will like this novella. So do me and PM Press and perhaps yourself a favour and go read “Many Things in Dumnet”—only to be found in She Is Here.
To whet your appetite, here are a few nice things people have said about the book:
- “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
- “Fresh work from [one] of the greats in the queer literary canon! This new book contains essays, poems, art, and stories. Griffith can indeed do it all.” — Autostraddle on She Is Here
- “Griffith’s sharp and uncompromising voice comes across clearly in the nonfiction and the interview, but the important news for Griffith’s readers lies in the four short fiction pieces, especially an excellent novella, ‘Many Things in Dumnet’, which is original to the volume [and] serves as a moving paean to the power of music … She is Here is a revealing and rewarding self-portrait of one of our most important—and most outspoken—voices.” —Gary Wolfe, Locus
- “A winning survey of Griffith’s work.” — Reactor on She Is Here
- “The collection starts with the most shocking piece, Griffith’s ‘A Writer’s Manifesto.’ I was thrilled to hear Griffith read it aloud. ‘I want to write a novel that invades you,’ Griffith said. ‘I want to control what you think and feel, to put you right there, right then, killing and being killed, f—king and being f—ked, cooking and starving, drinking and thinking, barely surviving and absolutely thriving. I want to give you a life you’ve never had and change the one you live.’ From a lesser writer, these few sentences would sound arrogant, even egotistical. As it is, the manifesto is intense and…a little frightening. For Griffith, it’s a distillation of what she wants to do (and what she does) in all of her fiction. She is Here is an excellent and deeply personal introduction to both Griffith’s writing and her perspective on writing.” — Chaitna Deshmukh, The Daily
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
#books #fantasy #manyThingsInDumnet #novella #pmPress #queerFiction #shortFiction
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH Smith - “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
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She Is Here—Still Here!
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithTuesday is traditionally book-launch day. Today She Is Here has been out three months but as a small book from a small, independent press known for its anarchist leanings (see two of my favourites from their merch offerings, below) you might not have seen it reviewed in the usual places. (I didn’t go on tour, and did only two book events—one in person right here in Seattle, and one virtual for City Lights in San Francisco.)
Both events were great, and PM Press are very happy because sales have, by their lights, been unexpectedly strong. (Yay!) But I know there are more people out there who might enjoy the book if only they knew about it.
Some might enjoy what Gary Wolfe in his Locus review characterises as the four “good short but stabby poems.” Some might prefer the essays—including epistolary criticism such as “TheWomen You Didn’t See,” which is my analysis of how Tiptree’s identity shaped her short fiction. But what I’m really keen on getting readers to discover are the four pieces of my short fiction—particularly the original novella, Many Things in Dumnet. Why should you seek them out? Well, here I’m going to quote Wolfe again to save me the embarrassment of praising myself:
More than half the book consists of the four fiction selections. The shortest is “Glimmer”… a showpiece for Griffith’s lyrical prose, as a woman (who describes herself as “a cripple”) is transformed as she travels through time and space – “pulsing, lengthening, cooling, a cord stretched past the horizon along which she slides like a bead.” “Down the Path of the Sun”, one of Griffith’s earliest stories, is a grim but powerful postapocalyptic, postplague account of the narrator’s attempts to protect her sister in a violent, desperately diminished world. Both “Cold Wind” and “Many Things in Dumnet” are rare Griffith fantasy stories. “Cold Wind”, which begins in a women’s bar in contemporary Seattle, explores the complex relationships of predator and prey, as both the narrator and the strange woman she meets there both turn out to be not quite what they seem. “Many Things in Dumnet” is set in what appears to be a fantasy version of Griffith’s early medieval Britain, in which a musician, Anya Reine, arrives in Dumnet, “most southwesterly of the kingdoms of Albion,” and quickly lands a gig at a tavern – only to be warned that no one is allowed to perform without the approval of Macalla, who at first appears to be a local crime boss. But Macalla turns out to be far more than that, and so does Anya. Aided by totemic figures such as a silver fox, she eventually finds herself defending the kingdom from the predations of Macalla’s “wodebreath.” Apart from its supernatural fireworks and its convincing portrayal of a haunted medieval setting, the story also serves as a moving paean to the power of music…
Those who follow me on Patreon know quite a bit about Dumnet—it’s part of an SFnal alt-history set in a ninth-century Dumnonia (Cornwall and Devon) in which, over four hundred years earlier, the Fall of Rome coincided with the Fall of Something Nasty From the Sky and utterly changed the trajectories of every civilisation on earth. (I’m choosing my words carefully here.) But as that novel isn’t actually written yet, this novella is presented as a fantasy—the best way for it to make sense as a standalone. And having now written it and read part of it aloud that way, I remembered just how much enjoy writing fantasy: I can feel myself changing my mind. I think I will turn the novel into a a big-ol’ sword-swangin’ alt-history science-fantasy! Full of all those delicious tropes that writing realism (whether historical fiction, crime fiction, contemporary fiction about fighting ableism, science fiction), doesn’t always allow for: Music can save the world! Sex can save the world! Violence can be a good and useful and even, y’know, kind of cool thing! Lather everything in love and lust and loss and longing! And lesbians. And villains—eeeeeevil villains who can be defeated by lusty lesbians who love to sing! Fighting to save the whole fucking *world*!!! Oh, yep now that sounds exciting…
Er, anyway, my point is that if you like novels such as Spear, Hild, Menewood, and Ammonite, you will like this novella. So do me and PM Press and perhaps yourself a favour and go read “Many Things in Dumnet”—only to be found in She Is Here.
To whet your appetite, here are a few nice things people have said about the book:
- “Beyond having an astute way with words, [Griffith] speaks with an emphatic, take-no-prisoners clarity. Griffith plays brilliantly to this strength in her new collection She Is Here.”— Eric Olson, Seattle Times
- “Fresh work from [one] of the greats in the queer literary canon! This new book contains essays, poems, art, and stories. Griffith can indeed do it all.” — Autostraddle on She Is Here
- “Griffith’s sharp and uncompromising voice comes across clearly in the nonfiction and the interview, but the important news for Griffith’s readers lies in the four short fiction pieces, especially an excellent novella, ‘Many Things in Dumnet’, which is original to the volume [and] serves as a moving paean to the power of music … She is Here is a revealing and rewarding self-portrait of one of our most important—and most outspoken—voices.” —Gary Wolfe, Locus
- “A winning survey of Griffith’s work.” — Reactor on She Is Here
- “The collection starts with the most shocking piece, Griffith’s ‘A Writer’s Manifesto.’ I was thrilled to hear Griffith read it aloud. ‘I want to write a novel that invades you,’ Griffith said. ‘I want to control what you think and feel, to put you right there, right then, killing and being killed, f—king and being f—ked, cooking and starving, drinking and thinking, barely surviving and absolutely thriving. I want to give you a life you’ve never had and change the one you live.’ From a lesser writer, these few sentences would sound arrogant, even egotistical. As it is, the manifesto is intense and…a little frightening. For Griffith, it’s a distillation of what she wants to do (and what she does) in all of her fiction. She is Here is an excellent and deeply personal introduction to both Griffith’s writing and her perspective on writing.” — Chaitna Deshmukh, The Daily
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Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance - Susan Simensky Bietila
Publisher: #PMPress: 2026
Paperback. 192 pages
ISBN: 9798887441511 -
Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance - Susan Simensky Bietila
Publisher: #PMPress: 2026
Paperback. 192 pages
ISBN: 9798887441511 -
Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance - Susan Simensky Bietila
Publisher: #PMPress: 2026
Paperback. 192 pages
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Black and white through the writing ages
Every now and again I remember: I have a new book coming out in January! And then I have to go look at the cover.
She Is Here by Nicola Griffith (PM Press, 27 January, 2026). Photo of the author by Kelley Eskridge.And every time I see that photo I smile—it’s one of those absolutely-unaware-of-the-camera pictures of me that I wish I had more of. PM Press had asked for something in black and white, unusual, and ‘not like an author photo’. I was familiar with the Outspoken Author series design aesthetic, so I went on a hunt through my files for B&W shots that might fit. I assumed they’d want ones that most clearly resembled the over-60 writer I am now, so I sent them a handful taken from the Hild era onwards. But it turned out they didn’t like those: I looked too writerly and they wanted something less formal/more arresting. So then I dug a bit deeper and came up with stuff going back to age 20—at least those that I like, which tend to be unposed1, unselfconscious pictures taken when I was not aware of the camera, whether laughing or drinking, performing or lost in my inner thoughts.
The early ones—right through to the one shot at Whitby—were taken with old school analogue cameras loaded with black and white film. The later ones were colour and digital but, in my opinion, look better as black and white. I thought you might like to see them, in chronological order, starting when I’m 20 and moving through to 63.
- Age 20, in Pearson Park, Hull. Photo by Heidi Griffiths (no relation).
- Age 21, rehearsing with the band. Photo by Heidi G or maybe Jan Gordon.
- 22, hungover after an epic night. Photograph by Heidi G.
- 24, playing guitar at home in Hull. Photo by Carol Holmes
- 27, playing beer can percussion at Clarion in East Lansing. Photo by Mark Tiedemann
- 30, at Whitby Abbey. Photo by Kelley Eskridge
- 43 (?), at an awards ceremony. Photo by Mark T
- 45, drinking Guinness at Murphy’s pub in Wallingford for a calendar photoshoot to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Association. Photographer, er, I don’t remember.
- 53, at a local SFWA reading. Photo—I think—by Jennifer Durham
- 54, a reading for one of the multiple HILD tours. Photo by Jennifer D
- 54, another HILD reading. Photo by Jennifer D.
- 58, signing books after winning my second Washington State Book Award. Photo by Kelley E
- 61, me and Charlie Bean one cold but lovely winter morning. Photo by Kelley E
- 63, expounding on the Queer Medieval at Town Hall Seattle. Photo by Libby Lewis
- 63, at World Fantasy mass signing. Photo by either Mark T or Kelley E
The PM Press folks decided that the one taken at Whitby was the one. I thought that was a bit odd. I mean, why choose a photo of a 30 year-old author for a book of collected works by someone who is now 65? I couldn’t quite make it make sense. That is, until I considered the actual contents of the book, which is 150 pages long, the majority of which (86 pages) is fiction. Let me explain.
The 39-page section of nonfiction begins with the oldest piece, a blog post, “A Writer’s Manifesto.” That’s followed by a 2018 Op-Ed I did for the New York Times, then three essays—two of which are from a planned series of epistolary criticism—all written around the same time (2014 and 2015) and published (and republished) in various venues since. There are three drawings, all made in 2024 (none previously published; none of my drawings have been published, except a handful on Patreon). Then four poems, mostly written in my 40s and 50s (none previously published; none of my poetry has ever been published, except a few on Patreon). But the meat of the matter, the bulk of the book, is fiction—and that, interestingly, is in ascending word length and (mostly) reverse chronological order: the earlier I wrote it, the longer it is.
It starts with the shortest and most recently published story, “Glimmer” (2018; 1,000 words; SF). Then “Cold Wind” (2014; 3,600 words; Dark Fantasy). Followed by “Down the Path of the Sun” (4,400 words; 1990; post-apocalyptic SF). Although that last wasn’t published until I was 29 it was actually the first real short story I finished (since I was a fifteen-year old schoolgirl), written when, at aged 25, I decided to teach myself to write with short fiction. It was one of two I used as my submission pieces for Clarion. (The other was “Mirrors and Burnstone—not included in this collection—which just as I turned 28 ended up being my first professionally published piece, in Interzone.) These three are probably my least anthologised stories—in fact, I think “Glimmer” might be the only fiction I’ve ever published that hasn’t been either reprinted (until now) and/or translated into a variety of languages.2
But the biggest thing in the whole book, fully half the page count (17,750 words and 75 pages) is a previously-unpublished novella, “Many Things in Dumnet.” I wrote it in 1989, when I was either 28 or 29, not long before I moved from the UK to the US. It was a commissioned work-for-hire (originally called “Blood and Earth”) for which I was well paid, but when that project collapsed I fought for and got the rights back.3 I made one half-hearted effort in the early 90s to get it published but then withdrew it—because I’d started to see it as part of a larger work: an alt-history/sfnal apocalypse/virus-as-magic novel.4
I rewrote the novella to fit that concept at which point it seemed to me that, shorn of its surrounding-novel concept*, it no longer really made sense as a standalone.
So why is it included in She Is Here? Because, er, well, I made a mistake :)
When Nisi Shawl, the series co-editor, asked me to send initial selections of nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction, I combed through my work and divided each category into three folders: Yes, Maybe, and Hell No. She wanted me to send her about 3 times the amount of work that might end up in the finished volume to give her a wide pool from which to draw and so shape the collection. Given that she didn’t want fiction or nonfiction that had been too widely anthologised, translated, and/or reprinted, and given that I have no notion of myself as poet and am incompetent to judge, I decided to send both the Yes and Maybe folders for all three categories. And while I sent her the right sets (Y, M) of poems and essays, by mistake I sent her all three sets (Y, M, HN) of fiction. And because no two editor’s tastes are alike, Nisi chose the two shortest from Y, a medium-length from M…and the longest HN, the novella. (Hell No not because I thought it badly written but because of * above.)
I baulked. No, I said. This is meant to be a career-spanning retrospective—and what I write best, the short fiction that’s most representative of me, is supercool sex-and-tech SF and sex-and-shivers Dark Fantasy! To me, this novella, stripped of its sfnal alt-history context, reads as an old-school, music-as-magic secondary world fantasy. Sure, but I really like it! she said. But there’s no sex! I said. So what? she said. To which I had no real answer. Plus, look, she said. The book will get more attention if it includes something never before published. I pointed out that the poems were unpublished, the interview was unpublished, and the drawings were unpublished. Sure, she said again. But I really love this story, I really want it, and I mean to have it!
I was still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that for this entire collection—the nonfiction, the fiction, even the poetry—Nisi had consistently chosen pieces with no sex in them. I wasn’t sure that felt entirely true to me. In particular the fiction she chose feels more gentle and lonely than both my usual short work and my novels: very different to the sharp-edged crime fiction of Aud, the Early Medieval visceral embodiment of the Hild sequence, the seamy dark corners of Slow River, or molten rage of So Lucky.5
But in the end, between them Nisi and Kelley persuaded me that, as a collection—the combination of drawings and interview, poems and essays, as well as the fiction—it works, and more to the point highlights different emotional facets of my creative production. The poems are raw, the nonfiction stern, and the drawings pure, joyful whimsy. So, well, perhaps they have a point: perhaps the more gentle fiction turns She Is Here into a well-rounded showcase of who I am as a creator, not just a writer of fiction: who I am, period.
And of course, now finally seeing the collection typeset and proof-read, and being able to recognise that well over half the book is fiction written before that cover photo of 30-year-old me was even taken, perhaps PM Press chose the right picture after all: the young Nicola standing in a place steeped in the Long Ago dreaming of her own future reworking the past to a purpose.
But don’t take my word for it. You’ll be able to judge for yourself on January 27th. You can pre-order the finished book and book professionals may request a digital galley.
Pre-Order
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithRequest a digital galley
- With one exception, which I’m sure will be obvious to you—but I like it anyway. ↩︎
- Ooops, spoke too soon. I just agreed for it to be translated into German for an anthology. ↩︎
- Note to all creators, whether newbie or old-timer: always get your rights back! ↩︎
- I still do. Every now and again I go write a bit, or rewrite another bit, or make some notes… ↩︎
- I think you could argue there’s a kinship with Ammonite, though. ↩︎
#authorPhotos #collection #essays #interviews #newBook #nisiShawl #outspokenAuthorSeries #photos #pmPress #poetry #sheIsHere #shortFiction #zoomorphics
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Black and white through the writing ages
Every now and again I remember: I have a new book coming out in January! And then I have to go look at the cover.
She Is Here by Nicola Griffith (PM Press, 27 January, 2026). Photo of the author by Kelley Eskridge.And every time I see that photo I smile—it’s one of those absolutely-unaware-of-the-camera pictures of me that I wish I had more of. PM Press had asked for something in black and white, unusual, and ‘not like an author photo’. I was familiar with the Outspoken Author series design aesthetic, so I went on a hunt through my files for B&W shots that might fit. I assumed they’d want ones that most clearly resembled the over-60 writer I am now, so I sent them a handful taken from the Hild era onwards. But it turned out they didn’t like those: I looked too writerly and they wanted something less formal/more arresting. So then I dug a bit deeper and came up with stuff going back to age 20—at least those that I like, which tend to be unposed1, unselfconscious pictures taken when I was not aware of the camera, whether laughing or drinking, performing or lost in my inner thoughts.
The early ones—right through to the one shot at Whitby—were taken with old school analogue cameras loaded with black and white film. The later ones were colour and digital but, in my opinion, look better as black and white. I thought you might like to see them, in chronological order, starting when I’m 20 and moving through to 63.
- Age 20, in Pearson Park, Hull. Photo by Heidi Griffiths (no relation).
- Age 21, rehearsing with the band. Photo by Heidi G or maybe Jan Gordon.
- 22, hungover after an epic night. Photograph by Heidi G.
- 24, playing guitar at home in Hull. Photo by Carol Holmes
- 27, playing beer can percussion at Clarion in East Lansing. Photo by Mark Tiedemann
- 30, at Whitby Abbey. Photo by Kelley Eskridge
- 43 (?), at an awards ceremony. Photo by Mark T
- 45, drinking Guinness at Murphy’s pub in Wallingford for a calendar photoshoot to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Association. Photographer, er, I don’t remember.
- 53, at a local SFWA reading. Photo—I think—by Jennifer Durham
- 54, a reading for one of the multiple HILD tours. Photo by Jennifer D
- 54, another HILD reading. Photo by Jennifer D.
- 58, signing books after winning my second Washington State Book Award. Photo by Kelley E
- 61, me and Charlie Bean one cold but lovely winter morning. Photo by Kelley E
- 63, expounding on the Queer Medieval at Town Hall Seattle. Photo by Libby Lewis
- 63, at World Fantasy mass signing. Photo by either Mark T or Kelley E
The PM Press folks decided that the one taken at Whitby was the one. I thought that was a bit odd. I mean, why choose a photo of a 30 year-old author for a book of collected works by someone who is now 65? I couldn’t quite make it make sense. That is, until I considered the actual contents of the book, which is 150 pages long, the majority of which (86 pages) is fiction. Let me explain.
The 39-page section of nonfiction begins with the oldest piece, a blog post, “A Writer’s Manifesto.” That’s followed by a 2018 Op-Ed I did for the New York Times, then three essays—two of which are from a planned series of epistolary criticism—all written around the same time (2014 and 2015) and published (and republished) in various venues since. There are three drawings, all made in 2024 (none previously published; none of my drawings have been published, except a handful on Patreon). Then four poems, mostly written in my 40s and 50s (none previously published; none of my poetry has ever been published, except a few on Patreon). But the meat of the matter, the bulk of the book, is fiction—and that, interestingly, is in ascending word length and (mostly) reverse chronological order: the earlier I wrote it, the longer it is.
It starts with the shortest and most recently published story, “Glimmer” (2018; 1,000 words; SF). Then “Cold Wind” (2014; 3,600 words; Dark Fantasy). Followed by “Down the Path of the Sun” (4,400 words; 1990; post-apocalyptic SF). Although that last wasn’t published until I was 29 it was actually the first real short story I finished (since I was a fifteen-year old schoolgirl), written when, at aged 25, I decided to teach myself to write with short fiction. It was one of two I used as my submission pieces for Clarion. (The other was “Mirrors and Burnstone—not included in this collection—which just as I turned 28 ended up being my first professionally published piece, in Interzone.) These three are probably my least anthologised stories—in fact, I think “Glimmer” might be the only fiction I’ve ever published that hasn’t been either reprinted (until now) and/or translated into a variety of languages.2
But the biggest thing in the whole book, fully half the page count (17,750 words and 75 pages) is a previously-unpublished novella, “Many Things in Dumnet.” I wrote it in 1989, when I was either 28 or 29, not long before I moved from the UK to the US. It was a commissioned work-for-hire (originally called “Blood and Earth”) for which I was well paid, but when that project collapsed I fought for and got the rights back.3 I made one half-hearted effort in the early 90s to get it published but then withdrew it—because I’d started to see it as part of a larger work: an alt-history/sfnal apocalypse/virus-as-magic novel.4
I rewrote the novella to fit that concept at which point it seemed to me that, shorn of its surrounding-novel concept*, it no longer really made sense as a standalone.
So why is it included in She Is Here? Because, er, well, I made a mistake :)
When Nisi Shawl, the series co-editor, asked me to send initial selections of nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction, I combed through my work and divided each category into three folders: Yes, Maybe, and Hell No. She wanted me to send her about 3 times the amount of work that might end up in the finished volume to give her a wide pool from which to draw and so shape the collection. Given that she didn’t want fiction or nonfiction that had been too widely anthologised, translated, and/or reprinted, and given that I have no notion of myself as poet and am incompetent to judge, I decided to send both the Yes and Maybe folders for all three categories. And while I sent her the right sets (Y, M) of poems and essays, by mistake I sent her all three sets (Y, M, HN) of fiction. And because no two editor’s tastes are alike, Nisi chose the two shortest from Y, a medium-length from M…and the longest HN, the novella. (Hell No not because I thought it badly written but because of * above.)
I baulked. No, I said. This is meant to be a career-spanning retrospective—and what I write best, the short fiction that’s most representative of me, is supercool sex-and-tech SF and sex-and-shivers Dark Fantasy! To me, this novella, stripped of its sfnal alt-history context, reads as an old-school, music-as-magic secondary world fantasy. Sure, but I really like it! she said. But there’s no sex! I said. So what? she said. To which I had no real answer. Plus, look, she said. The book will get more attention if it includes something never before published. I pointed out that the poems were unpublished, the interview was unpublished, and the drawings were unpublished. Sure, she said again. But I really love this story, I really want it, and I mean to have it!
I was still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that for this entire collection—the nonfiction, the fiction, even the poetry—Nisi had consistently chosen pieces with no sex in them. I wasn’t sure that felt entirely true to me. In particular the fiction she chose feels more gentle and lonely than both my usual short work and my novels: very different to the sharp-edged crime fiction of Aud, the Early Medieval visceral embodiment of the Hild sequence, the seamy dark corners of Slow River, or molten rage of So Lucky.5
But in the end, between them Nisi and Kelley persuaded me that, as a collection—the combination of drawings and interview, poems and essays, as well as the fiction—it works, and more to the point highlights different emotional facets of my creative production. The poems are raw, the nonfiction stern, and the drawings pure, joyful whimsy. So, well, perhaps they have a point: perhaps the more gentle fiction turns She Is Here into a well-rounded showcase of who I am as a creator, not just a writer of fiction: who I am, period.
And of course, now finally seeing the collection typeset and proof-read, and being able to recognise that well over half the book is fiction written before that cover photo of 30-year-old me was even taken, perhaps PM Press chose the right picture after all: the young Nicola standing in a place steeped in the Long Ago dreaming of her own future reworking the past to a purpose.
But don’t take my word for it. You’ll be able to judge for yourself on January 27th. You can pre-order the finished book and book professionals may request a digital galley.
Pre-Order
US: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | PM Press
UK: Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells | WH SmithRequest a digital galley
- With one exception, which I’m sure will be obvious to you—but I like it anyway. ↩︎
- Ooops, spoke too soon. I just agreed for it to be translated into German for an anthology. ↩︎
- Note to all creators, whether newbie or old-timer: always get your rights back! ↩︎
- I still do. Every now and again I go write a bit, or rewrite another bit, or make some notes… ↩︎
- I think you could argue there’s a kinship with Ammonite, though. ↩︎
#authorPhotos #collection #essays #interviews #newBook #nisiShawl #outspokenAuthorSeries #photos #pmPress #poetry #sheIsHere #shortFiction #zoomorphics
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China has been Ralf’s main focus since the early 2000s, especially social struggles, migration, gender relations, and the country’s changing global role. Besides organizing grassroots exchanges, research, and support, Ralf has been engaged in the writing, translation, and publication of various China-related articles and books.
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China has been Ralf’s main focus since the early 2000s, especially social struggles, migration, gender relations, and the country’s changing global role. Besides organizing grassroots exchanges, research, and support, Ralf has been engaged in the writing, translation, and publication of various China-related articles and books.
https://blog.pmpress.org/authors-artists-comrades/ralf-ruckus/
#Capitalism #China #frombelow #LaborMovement #organize #PMPress #RalfRuckus #solidarity
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China has been Ralf’s main focus since the early 2000s, especially social struggles, migration, gender relations, and the country’s changing global role. Besides organizing grassroots exchanges, research, and support, Ralf has been engaged in the writing, translation, and publication of various China-related articles and books.
https://blog.pmpress.org/authors-artists-comrades/ralf-ruckus/
#Capitalism #China #frombelow #LaborMovement #organize #PMPress #RalfRuckus #solidarity
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China has been Ralf’s main focus since the early 2000s, especially social struggles, migration, gender relations, and the country’s changing global role. Besides organizing grassroots exchanges, research, and support, Ralf has been engaged in the writing, translation, and publication of various China-related articles and books.
https://blog.pmpress.org/authors-artists-comrades/ralf-ruckus/
#Capitalism #China #frombelow #LaborMovement #organize #PMPress #RalfRuckus #solidarity
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"Here are Seven Rules for Narrative Discipline in the Time of Trump:
Don’t respond to the absurd things that people in power say;
Don’t give any more attention to the president as a person and personality than is necessary to make a point;
Amplify and spread news of the terrible things the administration does: policies that are changed, rules that are violated, money that is spent. Focus on ones that impact people’s everyday lives;
Amplify and spread news of our victories in the courts, on the streets, and in our communities;
Remember that the future belongs to those who speak to those who didn’t vote for Democrats, but who might;
Create and spread counternarratives that shine a positive light on the things you support; and
Above all, don’t feed the trolls."this, from that:
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/02/06/7-rules-for-narrative-discipline-in-the-time-of-trump/ -
"Here are Seven Rules for Narrative Discipline in the Time of Trump:
Don’t respond to the absurd things that people in power say;
Don’t give any more attention to the president as a person and personality than is necessary to make a point;
Amplify and spread news of the terrible things the administration does: policies that are changed, rules that are violated, money that is spent. Focus on ones that impact people’s everyday lives;
Amplify and spread news of our victories in the courts, on the streets, and in our communities;
Remember that the future belongs to those who speak to those who didn’t vote for Democrats, but who might;
Create and spread counternarratives that shine a positive light on the things you support; and
Above all, don’t feed the trolls."this, from that:
https://blog.pmpress.org/2025/02/06/7-rules-for-narrative-discipline-in-the-time-of-trump/ -
Book SILENCE IS NO REACTION: FORTY YEARS OF SUBHUMANS Ian Glasper 30€
Formidable biographie (en angliche) de ce formidable groupe qu'est SUBHUMANS (les anglais pas les canadiens) ! 640 pages et cool icono by Ian Glasper chez @pmpress !
Dispo et détails: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5276-livre-silence-is-no-reaction-forty-years-of-subhumans-ian-glasper.html#livre #punkbook #punk #silenceisnoreaction #subhumans #ianglasper #pmpress #lapetroleuse #librairielapetroleuse #lapetroleusebookshop
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Book SILENCE IS NO REACTION: FORTY YEARS OF SUBHUMANS Ian Glasper 30€
Formidable biographie (en angliche) de ce formidable groupe qu'est SUBHUMANS (les anglais pas les canadiens) ! 640 pages et cool icono by Ian Glasper chez @pmpress !
Dispo et détails: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5276-livre-silence-is-no-reaction-forty-years-of-subhumans-ian-glasper.html#livre #punkbook #punk #silenceisnoreaction #subhumans #ianglasper #pmpress #lapetroleuse #librairielapetroleuse #lapetroleusebookshop
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Book SILENCE IS NO REACTION: FORTY YEARS OF SUBHUMANS Ian Glasper 30€
Formidable biographie (en angliche) de ce formidable groupe qu'est SUBHUMANS (les anglais pas les canadiens) ! 640 pages et cool icono by Ian Glasper chez @pmpress !
Dispo et détails: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5276-livre-silence-is-no-reaction-forty-years-of-subhumans-ian-glasper.html#livre #punkbook #punk #silenceisnoreaction #subhumans #ianglasper #pmpress #lapetroleuse #librairielapetroleuse #lapetroleusebookshop
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Book SILENCE IS NO REACTION: FORTY YEARS OF SUBHUMANS Ian Glasper 30€
Formidable biographie (en angliche) de ce formidable groupe qu'est SUBHUMANS (les anglais pas les canadiens) ! 640 pages et cool icono by Ian Glasper chez @pmpress !
Dispo et détails: https://www.la-petroleuse.com/fr/livres-punk-rock/5276-livre-silence-is-no-reaction-forty-years-of-subhumans-ian-glasper.html#livre #punkbook #punk #silenceisnoreaction #subhumans #ianglasper #pmpress #lapetroleuse #librairielapetroleuse #lapetroleusebookshop
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I'm looking to sell #pmpress #anarchist #books at events! Concerts, fundraisers, anything I can stick a table in
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I'm looking to sell #pmpress #anarchist #books at events! Concerts, fundraisers, anything I can stick a table in
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#constructionworkers #gentrification #subcontracting #speculation #unioncontracts
black-and-white illustrations
2nd edition includes Lazo Ediciones in Argentina, Ben Kritikos in Scotland, and Sean KB in the US.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1728
#HousingCrisis #Landlords #Rent #evictions #ProleInfo #PMPress
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#constructionworkers #gentrification #subcontracting #speculation #unioncontracts
black-and-white illustrations
2nd edition includes Lazo Ediciones in Argentina, Ben Kritikos in Scotland, and Sean KB in the US.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1728
#HousingCrisis #Landlords #Rent #evictions #ProleInfo #PMPress
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#constructionworkers #gentrification #subcontracting #speculation #unioncontracts
black-and-white illustrations
2nd edition includes Lazo Ediciones in Argentina, Ben Kritikos in Scotland, and Sean KB in the US.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1728
#HousingCrisis #Landlords #Rent #evictions #ProleInfo #PMPress
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#constructionworkers #gentrification #subcontracting #speculation #unioncontracts
black-and-white illustrations
2nd edition includes Lazo Ediciones in Argentina, Ben Kritikos in Scotland, and Sean KB in the US.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1728
#HousingCrisis #Landlords #Rent #evictions #ProleInfo #PMPress
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#constructionworkers #gentrification #subcontracting #speculation #unioncontracts
black-and-white illustrations
2nd edition includes Lazo Ediciones in Argentina, Ben Kritikos in Scotland, and Sean KB in the US.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1728
#HousingCrisis #Landlords #Rent #evictions #ProleInfo #PMPress
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P is for Palestine https://www.pmpress.org/productsheets/pm_titles/p_is_for_palestine.pdf
Counting Up The Olive Tree
https://www.pmpress.org/productsheets/pm_titles/counting_up_the_olive_tree.pdfPublishers Statement (2023/11/04 )
https://blog.pmpress.org/2023/11/04/publishers-for-palestine-statement-of-solidarity/