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"The recent best-seller, 'Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure,' by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, is an inspired compilation of efforts at distilling a person's story into six words.
"The book’s title might suggest that even George Bush penned a contribution. For 'not quite what I was planning' just about sums up the legacy of this President's disastrous administration. We can at least hope that when Bush does write his inevitable memoir he will limit it to six words. As in, 'Invaded Iraq. Destroyed Iraq. Mission Accomplished.' Or, reflecting on the legacy of his tax cuts, 'Saved rich $287,000, poor kids $20.'"
—"Iraq and the Elections"
(ZNet, March, 2, 2008)
Select Writing by Mark Harris
Loud! Rude! Wrong!
Talking Back to Talk Radio and Other Right-Wing Media Read More
Harper Perennial's
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure
Welcome to 'Whole-Mart' (Dissent magazine)
Debating Socially Responsible Business
Critics Reply to "Welcome to 'Whole-Mart'"
Coming Out in an Up-and-Coming Sport
Chicken Soup for the Activist Soul (Organica--Arts & Activism)
Sex, Spirituality, and Evolution (Center for Partnership Studies)
"The Flexible Writer: A Basic Guide," (Longman, 2003)
The Story of a Women's Basketball Pioneer
Links
YouTube Top 5
FLICKR
Carl Finamore: An Environmental Photo Essay
News & Politics
Welcome to Mark T. Harris.com
Mark T. Harris is a writer with a flair for biting social commentary and analysis. His essays explore topics ranging from women's basketball to alternative medicine, psychology, talk radio and more. He is a contributor to the Utne Reader, Dissent, Organica, Conscious Choice, Insight, Z, and other magazines. His work also appears online at Alternet, Common Dreams, Democratic Underground, Center for Partnership Studies, OpEdNews, ZNet, and other popular news sites.
Notably, his essay, "The Game of Life," was a national cover story for the Utne Reader in 2001. As an investigative writer, Harris is also the author of the controversial 2006 Dissent magazine expose, "Welcome to 'Whole-Mart'—Rotten Apples in the Social Responsibility Industry." Another original report for Chicago's Conscious Choice magazine, "Could Marijuana Be Legal in Illinois?" told the story of glaucoma sufferer Brenda Kratovil's efforts to enforce a little-known Illinois medical marijuana statute. The Kratovil story was later widely reported by Chicago media, including the Chicago Tribune and the local Fox News TV affiliate. "The Game of Life," was a national cover story for the Utne Reader in 2001.
Harris is a featured contributor to "The Flexible Writer," fourth edition, by Susanna Rich (Allyn & Bacon/Longman, 2003); and "Guide to College Reading," sixth edition, by Kathleen McWhorter (Addison-Wesley, 2003.) He is also a contributor to the recent best-seller, “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure (Harper Collins, 2008), by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. His flair for the ironic earned his contribution a mention in The New Yorker and on NPR’s national website.
Harris is a past features writer for Nightingale-Conant's Insight magzine, writing on health and personal growth topics. He is also a former Choice Books columnist for Conscious Choice. Additionally, Harris has written cover stories for professional health publications such as CMA Today and Laboratory Medicine.
Mark Harris is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. A native of San Francisco, he currently lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
Features
• ZSpace (April 27, 2008)
Bill Ayers and the Talk Media Circus
• ZNet (March 2, 2008)
• Pantagraph (Feb. 24, 2008)
What Makes Someone a Campus Murderer?
ZNet (Jan. 22, 2008)
• Counterpunch (Dec. 31, 2007)
Broken Health Care Demands More Than Conservative Apologetics
The Story of Parvin: Reflections on Hope in an Age of War
What Does It Mean to 'Support the Troops?'
• ZNet (Aug. 7, 2007)
• ZNet (July 29, 2007)
• OpEdNews (July 13, 2007)
SiCKO & the Health Insurance Rip-Off
• ZNet (April 22, 2007)
• OpEdNews (March 17, 2007)
The Devolving World of the Right-Wing Media
• ZNet (Dec. 15, 2006)
Pro-War Media: None Dare Call It Reason
• OpEdNews.com (May 15, 2006)
Border Guards Are Not the Answer
• Democratic Underground (Feb. 4 2006)
Lies That Sell, Lies That Kill
• Z magazine (January 2006)
• U.S. Labor Against War (Sept. 6, 2005)
Iraq War Has Made a Mockery of Genuine 'Homeland Security'
• The New Standard (May 19, 2005)
United Airlines Pension Plans Under Assault
• Whole Workers Unite (May 12, 2005)
Is Your 'Socially Responsible' Grocer Fair to Farmers?
• Znet (April 28, 2005)
'Alternative' Media Quietly Sells Out
• Z magazine (July-Aug. 2004)
The Election and the Antiwar Movement
• Utne (March-April 2004)
• ZNet (Dec. 14, 2003)
New Labor Spirit Stirs in California Grocery Workers
• Democratic Underground (Oct. 8, 2003)
• Conscious Choice (Dec. 2002)
• Conscious Choice (Oct. 2002)
Who Speaks for a Different Future?
• Conscious Choice (June 2002)
• Conscious Choice (May 2002)
• Conscious Choice (Dec. 2001)
• Modern Physician (Jan. 1, 2001)
Special Challenges for Florida HIV Specialists
• Conscious Choice (Dec. 1999)
• Conscious Choice (March 1999)
Paying for Alternative Medicine
• Conscious Choice (October 1999)
• Conscious Choice (Sept. 1999)
• Rush Record (Spring-Summer 1997)
A Doctor's Himalayan Adventure
"Here is a voice of great clarity and conviction.
Mark Harris writes convincingly, even beautifully,
of the possibilities for a transformed world."
—Riane Eisler, "The Chalice and the Blade"
(HarperSan Francisco, 1986)
""In a world of shrill, divisive voices, Mark Harris is a welcome north star. A beautiful writer and wise sage, he navigates the way to a more humane world. Mark's conscious insights will help you hope, question, dream, wake up, stay connected, and make a difference. What a powerful gift."
—Susan Skog, "Radical Acts of Love"
(Hazelden, 2001)
"Mark Harris is not afraid to raise his voice
about topics others prefer to ignore. He is a
powerful and eloquent writer for social justice."
—Carl Finamore, President, IAM Local 1781,
Burlingame, California
• Studs Terkel: You Can't Imagine the Love You Feel "'Will the Circle Be Unbroken?' stands as an antidote to our culture’s tendency to disenfranchise grief, turning our awareness away from what makes us afraid or uncomfortable. The stories here bring us home to the experience, in ways full of solace and dignity, and with an innate respect for our human diversity." • Noam Chomsky Interview: Power and Powerlessness "'Progress is not constantly upwards,' says Chomsky. 'There are periods of regression. But over time things do get better. But they don’t get better by gifts. They get better by people looking at what’s wrong and struggling to change it. And that’s very much within our power.'" • Riane Eisler: Tomorrow's Children "When I think of the school of the future, I see a place of adventure, magic, and excitement, a place that, generation after generation, adults will remember from their youth with pleasure, and continue to participate in to ensure that all children learn to live rich, caring, and fulfilling lives." • Alice Miller: Overcoming Emotional Blindness "For Alice Miller, psychotherapy should help a person identify those areas in everyday life where traces of their early years still surface, enabling them gradually to become more adept at recognizing those flashpoints between past and present for what they are. In this way, a person gradually learns to dismantle the past’s hold, becoming less inclined to act out blindly." • Curtis White: The Middle Mind "Curtis White is a writer who wants us to discover what the "For this critic, the paradox of modern America and its literary culture is that the more literacy skills decline in the population, the more ponderous, remote, and affected becomes the literary bestseller." Austin Sarat: A Calm, Bureaucratic Bloodletting "'When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition,' represents a valuable contribution to the growing debate over the merits and morality of the death penalty."
More Reviews • Noam Chomsky: Asking Questions That Matter • Ann Coulter: McCarthyism Sells • Riane Eisler: The Power of Partnership • James Frey: Alcohol and Recovery • Andrew Harvey: Debunking the 'Guru' System • Jim Hightower: Democracy is Not a High-Speed Internet • Lewis Lapham: Theater of War • Barbara Levine: The Things We Tell Ourselves • Paul Loeb: Social Activism in Cynical Times • Tony Mazzocchi: Redefining Society • Christine Northrup: Creating Health • Arundhati Roy: Hope Springs Eternal • Michael Savage: Media's Pro-War Campaign • Wayne Teasdale: Spirituality in a Global Perspective • Jim Warda: Where Are We Going So Fast?
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