Sachsel, Nan

IN THE COURTYARD OF DESIRE [Signed] [with] TLS TO SUSAN SHEEHAN

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 Susan + Neil- Thanks for your courageous hard work. You show others that it is both possible and necessary to write the hard truths" and signed by Nan Sachsel on the title page. Contains a typed letter by Nan Sachsel addressed to Susan Sheehan, dated "January 9 1993". Shelved in Room A octavo overflow.

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $60

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.