Herb Harris

Herb's nonfiction presents intergenerational narratives that explore race, colorism, and identity. His essays have appeared in The New England Review, Creative Nonfiction, Hippocampus, Solstice Literary Magazine, The Tahoma Review, and Under the Gum Tree. His essays "Topsy-Turvy" and "A Tourist at Home" were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. His essay, "Portrait of the Artist as a Black Man," won Solstice's 2021 Michael Steinberg Award for nonfiction.

Born in Washington, DC, Herb attended Georgetown University, obtained an M.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed residency training in psychiatry at Yale University. He served as Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging and Chief of the Geriatric Psychopharmacology Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. He subsequently moved to the private sector, where he conducted research and clinical practice for over twenty-five years.