Siân Griffiths's guest appearances

Siân Griffiths

Book Fight

Citizen Lit

The Banyan Collective

Bluecast

The Lives of Writers

Ross Gay

Marlon James

Karan Bajaj

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Kevin Sampsell

Sam Slaughter

Bud Smith

Jared Yates Sexton

Jessica Hopper

Rebecca Morgan

Charlotte Pence

Maggie Smith

Matt Urmy

Matt Mitchell

Lucas Mann

OwlTail

We're joined by Siân Griffiths (author of Scrapple, and The Heart Keeps Faulty Time) to discuss a short story she regularly teaches and that her students often dislike, in large part because it involves killing cats. And it turns out Mike might be on Team Siân's Students, though for somewhat different reasons (not that he cares for cats being killed, either!). We talk about the pedagogical benefits of having your students read something they may not like, and debate where the line is between a good description and an overwrought, show-offy one. Plus: horse stuff!  You can read the story, "Breatharians," here, via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/22/breatharians   And learn more about our guest, and her work, here: http://www.sbgriffiths.com/   If you like the podcast, and would like more of it, we're releasing two bonus episodes a month to our Patreon subscribers, for only $5: https://www.patreon.com/BookFight

We're joined by Siân Griffiths (author of Scrapple, and The Heart Keeps Faulty Time) to discuss a short story she regularly teaches and that her students often dislike, in large part because it involves killing cats. And it turns out Mike might be on Team Siân's Students, though for somewhat different reasons (not that he cares for cats being killed, either!). We talk about the pedagogical benefits of having your students read something they may not like, and debate where the line is between a good description and an overwrought, show-offy one. Plus: horse stuff! You can read the story, "Breatharians," here, via The New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/22/breatharians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/22/breatharians</a> And learn more about our guest, and her work, here: <a href="http://www.sbgriffiths.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sbgriffiths.com/</a> If you like the podcast, and would like more of it, we're releasing two bonus episodes a month to our Patreon subscribers, for only $5: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/BookFight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/BookFight</a>

Ep 413: Siân Griffiths

Michael talks with Siân Griffiths about her horse (Larry), riding, coming of age as a writer in denial, finishing a novel and grad school as a new mother, starting her essay collection THE SUM OF HER PARTS around 2016, writing layered analysis, the process of structuring longer essays, sharing work with her filmmaker sister, writing across genres, trusting your obsessions, and more.Siân Griffiths the author of four books: the novels Borrowed Horses and Scrapple, the story collection The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, and most recently the essay collection The Sum of Her Parts. She teaches creative writing at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and serves on the editorial teams for Barrelhouse and American Short Fiction.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik &amp; Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

Michael talks with Siân Griffiths about her horse (Larry), riding, coming of age as a writer in denial, finishing a novel and grad school as a new mother, starting her essay collection THE SUM OF HER PARTS around 2016, writing layered analysis, the process of structuring longer essays, sharing work with her filmmaker sister, writing across genres, trusting your obsessions, and more.Siân Griffiths the author of four books: the novels Borrowed Horses and Scrapple, the story collection The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, and most recently the essay collection The Sum of Her Parts. She teaches creative writing at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and serves on the editorial teams for Barrelhouse and American Short Fiction.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik &amp; Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

Siân Griffiths reads from “Cunt,” and we interview Creative Nonfiction Editor, Anna Cabe, on why she voted for the piece. Listen here for an glimpse of our latest issue and insight into our selection process.“Cunt” was originally published in Indiana Review 39.2, Fall 2017.Thanks to Youtube Audio Library and John Deley for letting us use “Beer Belly Blues.”

Siân Griffiths reads from “Cunt,” and we interview Creative Nonfiction Editor, Anna Cabe, on why she voted for the piece. Listen here for an glimpse of our latest issue and insight into our selection process. “Cunt” was originally published in Indiana Review 39.2, Fall 2017. Thanks to Youtube Audio Library and John Deley for letting us use “Beer Belly Blues.”

Blue Room 3: "Cunt" By Siân Griffiths

The following short fiction piece “Idaho, or the Reverse of Gravity,” appeared in issue 13.2 of Redivider. Author Siân Griffiths lives in Ogden, UT, where she directs the creative writing program at Weber State University. Her work has appeared in the Georgia Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Quarterly West, Ninth Letter, and The Rumpus, among other publications. Her debut novel, Borrowed Horses (New Rivers Press), was a semi-finalists for the 2014 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.