Lisa Harris

Lisa K. Harris (she/her), a Pushcart Prize nominated author, has published in Orion Magazine, Passages North, Highlights for Children, Litro Magazine, Little Patuxent Review, among others. Her work has been supported by Bread Loaf Environmental Writing Workshop and nominated for Best in the Net 2025. Migrating between Seattle and Tucson working as an environmental consultant, she has two daughters, six cats, two desert tortoises, and a terrier named Lola.

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Margie Olivia Murphy studied her desk calendar. She searched for time to verify the sparrow-sized bird with greenish-yellow breast and lavender wings—reported roosting at a nearby park by birding newbies—was the rare orchid oriole. If true, it would be number 748 on her Audubon Life List. She ran a finger down today’s box—2:30 Lena driving lesson/bank, 3:05 doggie day care Izzy pick-up, 3:45 Lena drop-off swim practice, 4:05 call Senator Hewett’s assistant–God update…
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