James D. Griffioen (born February 4, 1977) is an American writer and photographer who resides in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He is the main contributor to the blog Sweet Juniper.

Griffioen was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended Western Michigan University, Trinity College Dublin, and the University of Michigan Law School. After practicing law in San Francisco, California, in 2006, Griffioen moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan where he now considers himself a "Gentleman of Elegant Leisure."[2] Griffioen's blog earns ad revenue through Federated Media Publishing.[3]

Griffioen's photography has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Vice Magazine, The Baffler, Time, Fortune, Landscape Architecture Magazine, CS Interiors, New York Magazine, Boing Boing, The New Yorker.com, and The Atlantic.com.[4] Griffioen is known for his photographs of Detroit, Michigan. His essays have appeared in several books, including "Long Live the Weeds and the Wilderness Yet" in Things I Learned About My Dad: In Therapy, edited by Heather B. Armstrong # ISBN 0-7582-1659-9 # ISBN 978-0-7582-1659-5 and "El Corazon" in What I Would Tell Her, edited by Andrea N. Richesin # ISBN 0-373-89210-1 # ISBN 978-0-373-89210-5.

Griffioen has appeared as a guest on American Public Media's The Story with Dick Gordon, as well as the BBC program Americana and CBC Radio One's arts program Q.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "curriculum vitae : James D. Griffioen". Jamesgriffioen.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  2. ^ "About Sweet Juniper!". Sweetjuniper.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  3. ^ "Author federations". Federatedmedia.net. 2005-10-19. Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  4. ^ See http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/05/0082009, http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n2/htdocs/schools-out-forever-625.php, http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/project/cv/ Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
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