Priscilla Long

The American Scholar Winter 2010

"My Brain on My Mind"

My brain boggles my mind. Its mystery. Its moody monologue.

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This creative nonfiction on the Human Genome Project won the National Magazine Award in 2006.

Check out my creative nonfiction, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Fur-Covered Teacup."

The free online encyclopedia of Washington state history

Priscilla Long's other website includes a CV, Philosophy of Teaching, and sample works.

Science/Memoir/Reflection

My Brain on My Mind
The ABCs of the thrumming, plastic mystery that allows us to think, feel, and remember

History of Coal Mining

Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry
"A very well-written and well-researched history of the American coal industry from its earliest days through the 1920s."

–Choice