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Priscilla Long

Priscilla Long’s latest book is Dancing with the Muse in Old Age. She is also the author of two books of poetry, a collection of essays, and the how-to guides Minding the Muse: A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators and The Writer’s Portable Mentor.

Ode to Joy

What makes us happy?

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday December 1, 2010

My Brain on My Mind

The ABCs of the thrumming, plastic mystery that allows us to think, feel, and remember

By Priscilla Long | Tuesday December 1, 2009

The Peacock Problem

Does sexual selection really explain enough?

By Priscilla Long | Sunday March 1, 2009

Polymer Persons

How can we gaze upon the skinned, displayed bodies of the dead and not be revolted and mesmerized?

By Priscilla Long | Saturday March 1, 2008

Worked Well with Others

Discovering the structure of DNA was not Francis Crick’s only important collaboration

By Priscilla Long | Thursday June 1, 2006

Genome Tome

Twenty-three ways of looking at our ancestors

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday June 1, 2005

We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

By Priscilla Long | Thursday June 1, 2023

A picture of the moon

Ten Sights (I Wish I’d Seen)

By Priscilla Long | Tuesday September 3, 2019

Becoming a Poet

By Priscilla Long | Monday August 29, 2016

How Chemistry Became Biology

By Priscilla Long | Monday December 7, 2015

What Killed My Sister?

By Priscilla Long | Tuesday March 11, 2014

Remembering Steve

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday July 3, 2013

Till We Meet Again

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday June 26, 2013

How Mauve Was Her Garment

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday June 19, 2013

Saturn

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday June 12, 2013

Darwin’s Finches

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday June 5, 2013

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