UA Press releases newest Permafrost Book Prize book

February 21, 2020

University Relations

Book cover. Picture woman in bathing suit diving with sunsetting sky behind her.The University of Alaska Press has released a new literature title, "Glass, Light, Electricity," by Shena McAuliffe.

The book's essays explore and merge public and private history using research, association and metaphor to examine subjects as diverse as neon signs, scalping, heartbreak and seizures. The winner of the 2019 Permafrost Book Prize in nonfiction, Shena McAuliffe expands the creative possibilities of form. 

Shena McAuliffe is an assistant professor of English at Union College. She is the author of "The Good Echo," and her essays have been published in AGNI Online, Copper Nickel, Conjunctions, The Collagist and Gulf Coast. 

For more information about this title and many more please visit the UA Press website or call 800-621-2736.