susan neville

Twilight in Arcadia

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Selected Works

Sailing the Inland Sea: On Writing, Literature, and Land

Calling on the image of the Midwest's vanished inland sea, this collection of essays ponders the writing process and the "landlocked imagination."

Iconography: A Writer's Meditation

Memoir and meditation on writing

Invention of Flight

Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

FABRICATION: ESSAYS ON MAKING THINGS AND MAKING MEANING

We are a nation of consumers. In this meditation of manufacture, Susan Neville journeys to factories in the heart of the midwest, looking for the sources of things.

IN THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS

"Susan Neville's language shimmers like light coming through colored glass, and her subtle words uncovered the inarticulate longings that burn the hearts of the most ordinary citizens. Susan Neville is one of the finest short story writers in the country." Maura Stanton

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