Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti (1934–2002)
Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti (1934–2002)
American essayist. Born Barbara Grizzuti, Sept 14, 1934, in Jamaica, Queens, NY; died April 24, 2002, in New York, NY; m. W. Dale Harrison, 1960 (div. 1968); children: Josh and Anna Harrison.
Spent years as a Jehovah's Witness; came to prominence with Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witness (1978), about her years spent working at the religion's national headquarters in NY; also wrote Unlearning the Lie: Sexism in Schools (1969), Italian Days (1989), which won the American Book Award, and the novel Foreign Bodies (1984); was a frequent contributor to Ms.
See also An Accidental Autobiography (1996).
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