Whispers in the Galleries: Ekphrastic and Other Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500141523)

Lee Marc Stein retired from a career in direct marketing as a manager, agency executive, and independent consultant. On the client side he held positions with McGraw-Hill Information Systems, Business Week and Standard & Poor's. As an agency executive, his accounts included Chase, Hertz, American Express, IBM, Bristol-Myers, and US Airways, among others. His consulting clients were magazines, insurance companies, non-profits, and business marketers. Lee received the prestigious Silver Apple Award from the Direct Marketing Club of New York, and was elected to the Direct Marketing Association of Long Island's Hall of Fame. In addition to his published poetry, Lee has had short stories appear in Bartleby Snopes, Write Place at the Write Time, Cynic Online, nicollsroad and Down in the Dirt. He leads workshops at Stony Brook University's Lifelong Learning program on modern masters of the novel. He is an enthusiastic walker, photographer, white water rafter and kayaker. A poor golfer, he excels at creating excuses for not playing well. Lee resides in East Setauket with his wife Ann. They have four children, all living on Long Island, and eight grandchildren.