Nicholas Crawford | Updates

The Eternal Importance of David Lynch

Nicholas Crawford — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:11:14 -0400

I don’t believe that any artist has ever engaged so directly with ontology and subjectivity’s role in it as David Lynch. And the stunning fact is that he did so without the aid of philosophy or psychoanalysis; his preciousness cannot be overstated...

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Radical Ecology in Kid Fiction

Nicholas Crawford — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:07:35 -0400

It’s not hard getting to the what-you’re-supposed-to-think of things. It’s apparent in every exchange we have, the quiet presuppositions that define our engagement with the world. But what kid fiction shows is how to enjoy these presuppositions, what structures we use to cling to them...

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The War Within: HotD S2 and Subjectivity

Nicholas Crawford — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:09:31 -0400

Season 2 of House of the Dragon stays on the acute difficulty of living within one’s social coordinates. Instead of intrigue and conflict we get an entire season of hair pulling and heel grinding. And rather than building to a dramatic payoff, it cuts off with a season finale of characters who are only now charging in to battle. IS there an interesting way to read this? Can the structure of setting up viewer disappointment itself be interesting? Perhaps, but it takes some careful thought...

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Signed Copies of WWMID Now Throughout the Bay Area!

Nicholas Crawford — Wed, 3 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

You can find your own signed edition of Where We've Made It Dark at each of these unique Bay Area bookstores! But go before they're gone!

Green Apple Clement Street (also on the shelves at their Golden Gate Park and Fillmore locations)

Book Passage Corte Madera

Barnes & Noble San Bruno

I also had THE BEST time at my first book signing on Black Friday at Barnes & Noble San Bruno. The event was a huge success, and I got to talk to so many different people about the book who loved getting into its concept.

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I was a special guest on the Overthinking Games Podcast!

Nicholas Crawford — Thu, 5 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I had such a great conversation with Dempsey and Katie on the Overthinking Games Podcast about The Last of Us 1 & 2 and philosophy. We got into so much! Just the sort of conversation you just don't want to end. Go check it out here!

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Be an ARC Reader!

Nicholas Crawford — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Apply to be an ARC (Advance Review Copy) reader for Where We've Made It Dark Here!

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