Essays, Articles & Poetry
History & Place...& Art
- (forthcoming) "Forbidden," Potomac Review, Fall 2025.
- People of the Sand, After the Art. December 2024.
- Fever Dream, South 85 Journal, Winter 2024. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
- Philadelphia: A Ghazal (poem), Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, August 1, 2024.
- This Peaceful Nature Sanctuary in Washington, D.C. Sits on the Ruins of a Plantation, Smithsonian, February 7, 2024.
- They Lived in Arlington. They Were Enslaved. Arlington magazine, February 7, 2024.
- And She Was Born (poem), Full Bleed: A Journal of Art & Literature, June 2023.
- Night Out in a Deserted City; Home; and On the Train Between (three poems), Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Winter 2023.
- Grandmother (poem). Poets Reading the News: Journalism in Verse, March 6, 2022.
- Moses Ezekiel: Hidden in Plain Sight, Civil War Times, February 2019. (print version)
- Civil War Road Trip (Bethesda magazine) and Visit Virginia's Lesser-Known Civil War Sites (Arlington Magazine), May/June 2019.
- Should We Remove Confederate Monuments, Even If They're Artistically Valuable? The Forward, December 2017.
- These Are America's Most Endangered Jewish Communities, The Forward, February 1, 2017.
- The Birth of Civil War Reenacting, The New York Times, January 8, 2015.
- Passover in the Confederacy, The New York Times, April 17, 2014. Reprinted in The New York Times' Disunion: A History of the Civil War, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Breaks in the Action, The New York Times, February 7, 2014.
- A Road Trip Through History Reveals West Virginia's Other Wild Side: Journey Back to 1900, Arlington and Bethesda magazines, May/June 2015.
- Walk on the Wild Side: If untouched wilderness and extreme conditions are your idea of heaven, the Canaan Valley is calling, Arlington magazine, May 22, 2013.
- Living History, Arlington magazine, September/October 2012.
- Presidential Funhouse, Frederick, 2011.
- Legacy for Sale, Blue Ridge Country, November/December 2010.
- Finding Grandma, Blue Lyra Review, June 29, 2012.
Nature, Landscape & Adventure
- (forthcoming) "A Bird, A Book, and A Cabin," Gargoyle, 2025.
- From Hell's Half-Mile to Powerhouse, Delmarva Review, November 2021. (Audio excerpt at 38:32.) Reprinted in the Cambridge Spy, Chesterfield Spy, and Talbot Spy, Maryland, August 2022. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2022.
- Meet People Who Spend Their Vacations Getting High, or "High Concept" (in print), Washingtonian, April 2018.
- god america i, The Stars anthology, Outrider Press, 2018.
- Taking It, Potomac Review, Fall 2017. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2018.
- Rat Run, The Doctor T.J. Eckleberg Review, February 2017. Republished in Loon Magic and Other Night Sounds anthology, Outrider Press, June 2019. Received a mention in Booklist's review.
- No Place Left to Hide: Meditations on a Shore House, r.kv.r.y., October 2016.
- From the Desk of Sue Eisenfeld, #FindYourPark, University of Nebraska Press, May 31, 2016.
- Wild Feast, Little Patuxent Review, Issue 17, Winter 2015. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2016.
- Outsiders, Potomac Review, Issue 57, August 2015.
- Backcountry Diaries: Following Paths Less Traveled in Shenandoah National Park, Smoky Mountain Living, April/May 2015.
- Scrabble Road, Still: The Journal, June 2014. Nominated for the "Best of the Net."
- Bear on Highway, Washingtonian, November 2014.
- In Memoriam: Leonard F. Wheat, Potomac Appalachian, July 2014.
- Life & Death Near Butterwood Branch, Blue Ridge Country, November/ December 2013.
- North River Roux, Deep Waters anthology, Outrider Press, June 2012. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2013.
- Valley High, Bethesda magazine, and "A Walk on the Wild Side," Arlington magazine, November/December 2012.
- The High Road: Skyline Drive Offers Treats for Both Soul and Sole, Frederick, October 2011.
- All Souls Day in Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Country, May/June 2011.
- One Windy Day, The Gettysburg Review, Spring 2010.
- Urban Refuge, Potomac Review, April 2009. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2010; reprinted as one of the Best of Potomac Review, Fall 2011.
- Smith Island, Maryland: For a Limited Time Only, Frederick, April 2008.
Writing About Writing
- Spotlight, The Moon anthology, Outrider Press, June 2017. Received a mention in Booklist's review.
- Mad Men and the Writing Life, Hunger Mountain, November 28, 2011.
- Sue Eisenfeld on the Personal Essay, The Writers Guide, September 22, 2011.
Everything Else (People, Health, Life...)
- A Shot in the Arm: Saving Lives Through Vaccination Takes Global Action and Local Solutions (no longer available online; screen shots 1, 2, 3), Doorways, Summer 2021.
- The Tweet Heard Round the World, Arlington magazine, April 30, 2020.
- "Seeds of Change" (or His CSA Farm Once Fed 500+ Families), Arlington magazine, May/June 2019.
- "Life in the Balance" (or He's Not Your Typical Yoga Instructor), Arlington magazine, March/April 2019.
- Taming the Feast, Arlington magazine, November/December 2011.
- She Had Her House Sprayed for Fleas, and Then the Trouble Began, The Washington Post, May 17, 2011, an excerpt from "Toxic Tale: An 'Enviro' Learns Why We Need Tighter Controls on Home Pesticides," Health Affairs, 30, no.5 (2011):985-988, May 2011.
- A Walking Magnet for Odd, Minor Ills, The New York Times, February 9, 2010.
- The Empty House, Under the Sun, Summer 2008. Listed among the Notable Essays of the Year in The Best American Essays 2009.
- Saved, Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts, and Humanities, Fall 2008.
- Mission: Save My Nose, The Washington Post, April 25, 2006.
- The Spouse Who Stole Christmas, Interfaith Family.com (now called 18 Doors), 2005.