McAuliffe, Shena, authorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher2022-04-262022-04-262020https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234847The winner of the 2019 Permafrost Prize in nonfiction.Fleet-footed and capricious, the essays in Glass, Light & Electricity wander through landscapes both familiar and unfamiliar, finding them equal parts magical and toxic, exploring and merging public and private history through lyric meditations that use research, association, and metaphor to examine subjects as diverse as neon signs, scalping, heartbreak, and seizures. Shena McAuliffe expands the creative possibilities of form.--Provided by publisher.Endnotes to a Seizure -- The Healing Machine -- Ten on Poison -- This Human Skin -- The Distance Between Is an Unbroken Line -- As a Bitch Paces Round Her Tender Whelps, So Growls [My] Heart -- The Pigment in the Wall -- A Perfect Time to Think Silver -- By Soot, By Flour, By Beetle Track -- Light Is a Well-Shot Arrow -- Steal My Heart, Richmond, Indiana -- Overgrown Stairway -- Marceline Wanted a Bigger Adventure -- Pietà: Richmond, Indiana -- Blight (Disambiguation) -- A Spring Is the Eye of the Landscape -- Of Glass, Light, and Electricity.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.American essaysTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.