Charis Conn was a writer, editor, and teacher living in Brooklyn. During 25 years as a Harper's Magazine editor and author of the Harper's Index, she also published fiction there, among other periodicals. Conn edited two dozen books, taught writing at every level, and was at work on a novel when she passed away March 21, 2017.
Charis Conn appears in the following:
'The Artistic and the Beautiful': Frank Lloyd Wright's Wide-Ranging Views
Monday, February 25, 2013

A mile high skyscraper for Central Park.
A 'Lively' Rant on Popular Film, McCarthyism, and Genre Fiction
Friday, February 22, 2013

The granddaddy media critics.
The Activist Tom Mooney, on Death Row, Is Pardoned
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Audio from the historic pardon of Tom Mooney.
Amiri Baraka Reads "The Revolutionary Theater"
Monday, February 18, 2013

Amiri Baraka talks revolution at the Overseas Press Club
Art in Public: Stuart Davis on Abstract Art and the WPA, 1939
Friday, February 15, 2013

Stuart Davis doesn't waste time with small talk or being nice to Republicans.