Clearcut
Set in the gloriously rugged backwoods of the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, Nina Shengold’s gripping debut novel follows three people in search of new lives deep into uncharted terrain of the body and heart.
When rough-hewn loner Earley Ritter picks up a hitchhiker one rainy night, he can’t imagine how much it will change his life. A "shake-rat" who salvages cedar stumps left when loggers clearcut, Earley seems to have little in common with Reed Alton, a gifted Berkeley dropout. But when Earley meets Zan, the fiery and mysterious woman Reed has been following, erotic sparks fly in unexpected directions. Thrown together in the splendid isolation of the woods, with passions and…
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August 9, 2005Nina Shengold's plays include Finger Foods, War at Home, Homesteaders, and Romeo/Juliet, and have been produced around the world. Her one-act No Shoulder was filmed by director Suzi Yoonessi, with Melissa Leo and Samantha Sloyan. Nina won a Writers Guild Award for her teleplay Labor of Love, starring Marcia Gay Harden; other teleplays include Blind Spot, with Joanne Woodward and Laura Linney, and Unwed Father. Her books include the novels Clearcut, River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers (with photographer Jennifer May), and a growing posse of pseudonymous books for young readers. A graduate of Wesleyan, she is currently teaching creative writing at Manhattanville College. Nina lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where she has been books editor of Chronogram magazine since 2004.
Plays for Three
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Plays for Two
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Shorter, Faster, Funnier
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Laugh Lines
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Clearcut
Nina Shengold
Talk to Me
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Under Thirty
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Take Ten II
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold, editors
Leading Women
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Plays for Actresses
Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold
Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
Eric Lane & Nina Shengold, editors
Moving Parts
Nina Shengold
