Lis Harris
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BornFebruary 12, 1940
New York City, U.S.
New York City, U.S.
OccupationLiterary Nonfiction Writer, Professor
EducationBennington College (BA)
GenreNonfiction
Lis Harris | |
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| Born | February 12, 1940 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Literary Nonfiction Writer, Professor |
| Education | Bennington College (BA) |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Spouse | Richard Harris
(m. 1968; div. 1971)Martin Washburn (m. 2001) |
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Lis Harris is an American author and critic[1] and was for 25 years a staff writer on The New Yorker magazine which she left in 1995. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The World Policy Journal, Du and the Wilson Quarterly.[2] She is Chair of the Writing Program and a professor of writing at Columbia University
Harris was born in New York City. She attended Bennington College, where she received her B.A. in 1961.
Harris joined the full-time faculty of the Writing Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in 2003. There, she leads Nonfiction Dialogues, a series of conversations with distinguished writers. She is Chair of the Writing Program.
