Overview
Mim Harrison has edited and published specialty books with the Library of Congress, the Morgan Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, and the Churchill estate. Among these were high-quality facsimiles of Lincoln’s five handwritten versions of the Gettysburg Address, the working papers for John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, and Charles Dickens’s manuscript of A Christmas Carol. She also edited and produced From No Return: The 221-Year Journey of the Slave Ship São José, for the 2016 opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Among the authors is Lonnie Bunch, now the Secretary of the Smithsonian.Her most current project was editing and publishing America’s Bilingual Century: How Americans Are Giving the Gift of Bilingualism to Themselves, Their Loved Ones, and Their Country by Steve Leveen, the third book by this author that she has edited and published.Among the authors she has edited is Ronald White, a bestselling Lincoln scholar, and Ross King, a New York Times bestselling author. She has also edited curators at the Library of Congress, the Morgan and Shakespeare Libraries, and The New York Public Library, as well as leading Churchill expert Richard Langworth.In addition, Mim is the author of three books on the English language and of three mini-biographies (John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt).
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Education & Reference
History
Inspirational
Political Science & Current Affairs
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Self-employed
Jan, 1998 —
Present
Publishing Director, America the Bilingual Press, 2020 – present
Head of the publishing arm of the America the Bilingual Project, a long-term initiative to encourage Americans to embrace English plus another language.
In addition to editing and publishing the imprint’s flagship book, America’s Bilingual Century by Steve Leveen, the founder of America the Bilingual, I created a branded website that brings the project’s podcasts, blogs and books into a single, seamless destination.
Smithsonian Institution, 2014 – 2017
Launch of a specialty line of books for Smithsonian Enterprises, showcasing works and acquisitions in the Smithsonian collections and museums.
Among them is a multi-author book tying in with an exhibition for the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in September 2016.
Founding editor, Levenger Press
Delray Beach, Florida
1998 – 2016
At the request of the Levenger founder, I established a small publishing arm of the company that served to strengthen the Levenger brand by aligning the company with leading cultural institutions such as the Library of Congress, the Morgan Library and Museum, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, The New York Public Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Churchill Archives of Churchill College, Cambridge.
Personal Writing Portfolio
Author of three books on the English language: Words at Work (published by Walker & Co.), Smart Words and Wicked Good Words (both published by Perigee/Penguin).
Author of three books in the “A Short Biography of…” series: John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt (Applewood Books).
Introductions on Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Hillary Clinton for the Signature Notebook Series (Cider Mill Press).
Education
Allegheny College, BA cum laude, liberal arts program.
University of Hull, Junior year abroad program. Kingston-upon-Hull, England.
University of Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure University, graduate courses
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