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, the how-to guides Minding the Muse: A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators and The Writer’s Portable Mentor, as well as Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry.

Toilet Talk, Part 2

New technology can save water and combat killer diseases

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 16, 2013

Herschel and the Steelheads

It’s time to bust the sea-lion party and save some Seattle salmon

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 9, 2013

Dabbling in Darwin

The polymathic Victorian is good company on a winter’s evening

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday January 2, 2013

Galileo’s Spyglass

The telescope resulted from his improvements to a mere curiosity

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday December 19, 2012

Science v. Poetry

Worlds apart, and yet alike in many ways

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday December 12, 2012

Toilet Talk, Part 1

More than a matter of waste not, want not

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday December 5, 2012

Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

Our largest planet and its moons inspire shock and awe

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday November 28, 2012

Elephant: Not an Elegy

Big and bright, long-lived and loyal, they engage our imagination

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday November 21, 2012

Black Holes

After some stars collapse, even light cannot escape

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday November 14, 2012

Valles Caldera

An ancient wonder is found not far from the atomic era’s birthplace

By Priscilla Long | Tuesday November 6, 2012

Imperiled Planet

By Priscilla Long | Tuesday September 3, 2024

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

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