Neil Shea’s first book, Frostlines: Dispatches from the New Arctic, will be published next year.
Neil Shea
Arctic Fantasies
The region has long been an object of dreams, desire, and misunderstanding
by Neil Shea | Monday, April 11, 2022
A Tale of War and Forgetting
Rescuing the memory of a cataclysm
by Neil Shea | Monday, September 08, 2014
Take Me Away From Here
Nine books to transport you to other lands as you face the growing number of days at home
by Neil Shea | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Barents Sea: Land of Perpetual Night
As we traveled northward, the twilight diminished, the sky grew darker, until finally our ship crossed into polar night
by Neil Shea | Monday, March 02, 2020
What Michael Herr Meant to Me
On Dispatches, mentors, and writing about war
by Neil Shea | Friday, July 08, 2016
A Bizarre Bazaar
by Neil Shea | Monday, September 07, 2015
Letter from Kakuma Camp, Kenya: Nowhere Girl
by Neil Shea | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Do Not Kill
The first report in our new Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, December 17, 2012
W. S. Merwin’s The Book of Fables
Wonder can matter more than statistics and facts
by Neil Shea | Monday, July 06, 2015
Learning to Let It Happen
by Neil Shea | Monday, February 03, 2014
Letter from Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace
Traveling with U.S. troops gives insights into the recent massacre
by Neil Shea | Thursday, March 01, 2012
A Good Soldier Gone Bad
Demanding answers from a war criminal
by Neil Shea | Wednesday, June 12, 2013
You Make Us Soft
The last report in our Afghanistan series, "Snapshots of a Fading War"
by Neil Shea | Monday, March 18, 2013
Long Distance
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, March 11, 2013
Dragons
From our continuing Afghanistan series, "Snapshots of a Fading War"
by Neil Shea | Monday, March 04, 2013
Old Ink
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, February 25, 2013
Donuts
From our continuing series, "Snapshots of a Fading War"
by Neil Shea | Monday, February 18, 2013
The Theorist
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, February 11, 2013
Helicoptero
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, February 04, 2013
The Cook
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, January 28, 2013
Target Practice
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, January 21, 2013
A Moment Alone
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, January 14, 2013
Gravity
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, January 07, 2013
Repetition, Truth
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, December 31, 2012
Christmas Day
From our continuing Afghanistan series, “Snapshots of a Fading War”
by Neil Shea | Monday, December 24, 2012
Afghanistan: ‘So This Is Paktya’
How ready are our allies to secure their own country?
by Neil Shea | Tuesday, June 01, 2010
