Unknown Pleasures, Luxury Poverty
Nicholas Grider02.16.16
Nicholas Grider examines the lines between poverty and luxury in the context of his having bought a pair of Beats headphones while on the verge of homelessness.
Half Out Where
Nicholas Grider07.23.15
How do we begin to talk about work that we can barely begin to identify the direction of?
Will Work for Money to Enter Literary Contests
Nicholas Grider06.25.15
Nicholas Grider tunes in with an attempt at opening new discussion of how literary submission fees affect who gets published and why.
from THE BOOK OF FORMER WISDOM
Nicholas Grider03.27.15
“Or the fuzz is neither in your head or in your life, but in the DMZ between the two.” An excerpt from Nicholas Grider’s The Book of Former Wisdom.
On Bjork’s Vulnicura
Nicholas Grider01.26.15
Nicholas Grider takes a look at the emotional heft of Bjork’s latest.
Lost Scripts and Misbehavior
Nicholas Grider01.12.15
Impromptu communication can be complicated for the autistic, and even more so when trying to get involved in something as formal as converting to Judaism.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Probably)
Nicholas Grider12.24.14
What does “So have yourself a merry little Christmas now” actually mean? Nicholas Grider takes a personal peer into the nature of a Christmas spent alone.
The New Set of Teeth You Don’t Know How to Grow
Nicholas Grider12.08.14
Lamb’s latest album, Backspace Unwind, provides emotional clarity and foundation for Nicholas Grider during trying times.
Unequal Temperament: A Review of Aphex Twin’s SYRO
Nicholas Grider11.03.14
A historical and aesthetic-driven look at the context and affect of the first album appearing from Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James following more than a decade of silence.
Disconnection Notice
Nicholas Grider09.15.14
Nicholas Grider provides thoughtful consideration of how autism affects his reading and his writing.
