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Lee Stringer is a writer who lived unhoused with a 
He received the
''Grand Central Winter''
''Like Shaking Hands With God''
Seven Stories Press. *Lee Stringer (2004)
''Sleepaway School''
Seven Stories Press. *Lee Stringer (2010)
''Grand Central Winter: Expanded Second Edition''
Seven Stories Press.
''The New York Times'', January 20, 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stringer, Lee American columnists Homeless people Street newspaper people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers
substance use disorder
Substance use disorder (SUD) is the persistent use of drugs (including alcohol) despite substantial harm and adverse consequences as a result of their use. Substance use disorders are characterized by an array of mental/emotional, physical, and ...
in New York City from the early eighties until the mid-nineties. He is a former editor
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and columnist
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of ''Street News
''Street News'' was a street newspaper sold by homeless people in New York City. Established in 1989, it was founded and launched by Hutchinson Persons and Wendy Oxenhorn, this was the starting of the American street newspaper movement, and provi ...
''. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including ''The Nation
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'', ''The New York Times
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'', and ''Newsday
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''. He currently lives in Mamaroneck, New York
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. He is the author of ''Sleepaway School'' and ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street''. Stringer also took part in a discussion on writing with Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and ...
for a book entitled '' Like Shaking Hands With God''. Stringer was a winner of the Doe Fund 2nd Annual Murray Kempton Award in 1998, and ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street'' was a New York Times Book Review
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Notable Book that same year. ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street'' was also nominated for a Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award.
He discovered his talent when he was searching for an instrument with which to push the filters in his crack stem from one end to the other, so that he could smoke the remaining resin. What he found was a pencil, which he subsequently also used to write a short story called "No place to call home" which he then sent to "Street News".Blueprint B version 2.0 (2008) *Christer Lundfall, Ralf Nystrom, Nadine Rohlk Cotting, Jeanette Clayton
Eventually writing won out over drugs as a passion, Stringer checked himself into a Project Renewal, Inc. homeless shelter and treatment center, and with their help was able to kick his addiction.
His first published book chronicling his years on the street. "Grand Central Winter: Stories From the Street," (Seven Stories Press
Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company. Based in New York City, the company was founded by Dan Simon in 1995, after establishing Four Walls Eight Windows in 1984 as an imprint at Writers and Readers, and then incorpo ...
, 1997) made the top ten recommended book lists of both ''USA Today'' and the ''New York Times'', went on to publication 18 languages and won a Washington Irving Award, and a Murray Kenton Award.''
He received the Lannan Foundation
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residency fellowship in 2005.
Books
*Lee Stringer (1998)''Grand Central Winter''
Seven Stories Press
Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company. Based in New York City, the company was founded by Dan Simon in 1995, after establishing Four Walls Eight Windows in 1984 as an imprint at Writers and Readers, and then incorpo ...
.
*Lee Stringer, Kurt Vonnegut (2000)''Like Shaking Hands With God''
Seven Stories Press. *Lee Stringer (2004)
''Sleepaway School''
Seven Stories Press. *Lee Stringer (2010)
''Grand Central Winter: Expanded Second Edition''
Seven Stories Press.
References
Further reading
* Ames, Lynne''The New York Times'', January 20, 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stringer, Lee American columnists Homeless people Street newspaper people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers