About Lis Harris
Born 1940. Lis Harris is an American journalist and university teacher.
Lis Harris is an American author and critic 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.
Publications Books Holy Days : The World of the Hasidic Family, Touchstone books 1985 Rules of Engagement – Four Couples and American Marriage, Touchstone books 1996 ‘’Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze’’, Houghton Mifflin 2003
In Jerusalem: Three Generations of an Israeli Family and a Palestinian Family, Beacon Press 2019
Selected articles 'Di and Li', profile of Diana Trilling, The New Yorker, Sept. 1993 'Annals of Intrigue', The Palio, The New Yorker, June 1989 'In the Shadow of the Golden Mountain", about Henry Roth, The New Yorker, June 1988
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American journalist
When was Lis Harris born?
Lis Harris was born on 12 February 1940 in New York City.
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Lis Harris is a journalist and university teacher.
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