Lee Stringer’s journey
from childhood homelessness in the 1960s to adult homelessness in the ’80s to
his present career as a writer and lecturer, as told in Sleepaway School and
Grand Central Winter, is one of the great odysseys of contemporary
American life and letters. Stringer, the only board member of Project Renewal
who is also a former patient of the facility, has demonstrated that writers are
made, not born. He is the two-time recipient of the Washington Irving Award
and, in 2005, a Lannan Foundation Residency. He is a former editor and
columnist of Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in
a variety of other publications, including the Nation, New York Times, and Newsday. He
lives in Mamaroneck, New York, where he also serves on the board of the
Mamaroneck Public Libraries.
