Lis Har­ris was a staff writer at The New York­er from 1970 to 1995. She is a pro­fes­sor in the School of the Arts at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty. In addi­tion to innu­mer­able arti­cles, reviews and com­men­taries, she is the author of Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Fam­i­ly, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Rules of Engage­ment: Four Amer­i­can Mar­riages, and Tilt­ing at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Deal­ings and the Cor­po­rate Squeeze.