Laurie Lisle

Four Tenths of an Acre: Reflections on a Gardening Life, was published by Random House in May of 2005. It is a modern pastoral that describes country life through the "green glasses" of a gardener.

"Lisle's cogent meditations on the rewards of working the land and nuruting the soul are elegant, eloquant reminders of the importance of listening to the inner muse," according to Booklist.

It is "an elegantly written yet also edgily realistic account of small-town, small-garden life," according to Kirkus Reviews.

Besides the other books listed here, I have written essays, articles, and book reviews for Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, The Journal of the Southwest, The Village Voice, The Litchfield County Times, The Second Word Thursdays Anthology, and many other publications.

Earlier in my career I worked for Newsweek magazine as well as The Providence Journal-Bulletin, The East Hampton Star, and other magazines and newspapers. I was also an associate professor in the English department at Southampton College of Long Island University.

In recent years I have led literary discussion groups sponsored by the Connecticut Council for the Humanities and given lectures sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. I have lectured widely at art museums and universities.

I live with my husband, artist Robert Kipniss, in Westchester County, New York and in northwestern Connecticut.

My literary agent is Charlotte Sheedy at the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, 65 Bleeker St., New York, NY 10012. She may be reached at 212-780-9800 or at sheedy@sll.com.