Sachsel, Nan

IN THE COURTYARD OF DESIRE [Signed]

Tacoma: Inkpot Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 27 pages. In Very Good condition. Gray spine with black titling. Bound in light gray patterned paper wraps, has light bumping to corners. Covers and textblock has light shelf wear. Inscribed "For Aunt Kitty- Thanks for the help in getting our "cottage industry" going", dated "June 1993" and signed by Nan Sachsel on the title page. Shelved in Room F.

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Special Collections

Price: $50

NOTES

Second Story Books is honored to offer this item from the personal collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan. Neil Sheehan (1936–2021) and Susan Sheehan (born 1937) were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose careers helped define American literary journalism in the second half of the twentieth century. Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times, is best known for his role in bringing the Pentagon Papers to public attention and for his landmark book "A Bright Shining Lie", while Susan Sheehan built a parallel reputation as a leading voice at The New Yorker, crafting deeply reported narrative nonfiction on subjects ranging from mental health to social institutions, earning her own Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Their longstanding ties to major publications, particularly The New Yorker, placed them at the center of an influential cultural and intellectual network, and the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine’s editorial and artistic community.