Neil Shea

Neil Shea’s first book, Frostlines: Dispatches from the New Arctic, will be published next year.  

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

The After-War

Some wounds don’t bleed

by Neil Shea | Friday, December 06, 2013

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