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.

Behold the Butterfly

Monarchs flit far afield; other species stick close to home

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday March 20, 2013

I’m Going Native

Why my beautiful butterfly bush is no better than kudzu

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday March 13, 2013

Please Pass the Salt

Our bodies need sodium chloride—in moderation

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday March 6, 2013

A Great Event

From the Sun to the supper table

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday February 27, 2013

The Higgs Boson

Elusive, long-sought, a defining moment of the 21st century

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday February 20, 2013

The Bad and the Beautiful

Botulism is deadly, but in minute quantities it smoothes wrinkles

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday February 13, 2013

Science: Why Bother?

Let me (a onetime history major) count the whys

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday February 6, 2013

Dark and Stormy Month

Now is the winter of our discontent, made bearable by the promise of sun

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 30, 2013

My Formerly Identical Twin

Genes are one thing, genetic switches another …

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 23, 2013

Toilet Talk, Part 2

New technology can save water and combat killer diseases

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 16, 2013

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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