Ancillary Review of Books on Menewood

First, there’s a short review:

“Lush, textured…another gem of a book. To better understand this history, after all, is to better understand the present, which grows from the stories we tell ourselves about our past. Menewood is, at its core, about people, that people of all kinds have always been here, and that they lived complex, joyous, difficult, challenging, rewarding lives, just as we do.” 

Misha Grifka Warder, Ancillary Review of Books

Empathy, Violence, Protection, and Caretaking the Past: Review of Nicola Griffith’s Menewood

That’s followed by a much longer interview. It’s essentially verbatim, a transcript of a Zoom conversation, so this is me raw and unfiltered:

“I essentially write to find out, and I write to change the world as well. Doing these books is kind of doing both. I am recasting history so that people like us can belong there. If we belong there, then of course we belong here, and therefore we will belong in the future. It’s my way of trying to change the world, one reader at a time.”

Nicola Griffith Ancillary Review of Books

We Belong in History: Nicola Griffith on Menewood, Historical Fiction, and Diversity

At some point I’ll compile a list of reviews, interviews, commentaries and online conversations. Meanwhile, enjoy this.