"...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. 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 writing in 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 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. 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 writing in the Johns Hopkins University MA in Science Writing program, and she is a five-time Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.