"...An introductory plunge into more profound racial consciousness..."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Eisenfeld writes about Shenandoah the way Annie Proulx writes about Wyoming or Edward Abbey about the deserts of the Southwest: pristine, unsentimental, eloquent prose." -Kirkus Reviews
Writer. History lover. Memory keeper.
Sue Eisenfeld is the author of Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South as well as Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal. She is also a contributing author in The New York Times' Disunion: A History of the Civil War.
She writes about her passions: history, nature/landscapes, travel, hiking/adventure, culture, art, and life. Her work has been listed six times among the "Notable Essays of the Year" in The Best American Essays and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Forward, Smithsonian, National Parks Traveler, Civil War Times, Washingtonian, The Gettysburg Review, Potomac Review, Still: The Journal, Virginia Living, and many other publications. Born in Philadelphia, she is a long-time resident of Arlington, Virginia. She teaches creative-nonfiction, nature writing, opinion writing, and more for the Johns Hopkins University MA in Science Writing program, and she is a five-time Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She also works as a freelance editor, writer, and writing coach.
She writes about her passions: history, nature/landscapes, travel, hiking/adventure, culture, art, and life. Her work has been listed six times among the "Notable Essays of the Year" in The Best American Essays and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Forward, Smithsonian, National Parks Traveler, Civil War Times, Washingtonian, The Gettysburg Review, Potomac Review, Still: The Journal, Virginia Living, and many other publications. Born in Philadelphia, she is a long-time resident of Arlington, Virginia. She teaches creative-nonfiction, nature writing, opinion writing, and more for the Johns Hopkins University MA in Science Writing program, and she is a five-time Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She also works as a freelance editor, writer, and writing coach.