Lee Harrington
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Lee Harrington is an American author and editor. Her debut memoir, "Rex and the City," was published by Random House/Villard in 2006.[1] The second edition was published by Diversion Books in 2011.[2] Lee is also a vocalist of sacred Buddhist chant music, singing under her spiritual name Lee Mirabai Harrington[1][2]
Biography
Lee Harrington received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. One of her very first short stories won the Playboy College Fiction Award and Harrington continued to win small literary awards throughout her time at graduate school. Harrington has served as a literary editor at Francis Ford Coppola's literary magazine Zoetrope: All-Story[3] and is the former Editor at Large for Bark magazine.[4] In 2023 she served on the reading committee for the prestigious Aspen Words literary prize.[5] After publishing her first memoir REX AND THE CITY in 2006, she took a long hiatus from writing in order to focus on music. She is currently a vocalist of sacred Buddhist chant music, recording under her spiritual name Lee Mirabai Harrington.
Reviews
- In 2006, the New York Times - featured "Rex and the City" in its "Reading New York" section by Sam Roberts, 4/30/2006[6]
- Publisher's Weekly featured a starred review of "REX AND THE CITY" on 2/20/2006 calling the memoir “a sweet and exquisite story . . . that should appeal to urban dog lovers and New Yorkers.”[7]
- Publisher's Weekly also featured "Rex and the City" in a feature on dog-themed memoirs written by women (Aug 25 and Aug 28, 2006)[8]
- Bark magazine called REX AND THE CITY "hands-down the best human-with-dog memoir you will ever read."[4]
- REX AND THE CITY was included in the late Bark magazine's "25 Best Dog Books" list (Bark was acquired by the Wildest)[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lee Harrington | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rex and the City - Diversion Books".
- ↑ "Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope: All-Story". Goodreads.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lee Harrington". The Bark.
- ↑ "2023 JURY". Aspen Words.
- ↑ Roberts, Sam (2006-04-30). "READING NEW YORK". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Rex and the City: A Woman, a Man, and a Dysfunctional Dog by Lee Harrington". publishersweekly.com.
- ↑ Andriani, Lynn. "Marley and She". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ↑ "Best Dog Books: New Releases and Classic Bo About Dogs". thewildest.com.
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