Browsings — May 23, 2013, 9:00 am
Surprisingly Germane
Tracing the Holocaust-Symbol Theory of The Shining
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Browsings — May 23, 2013, 9:00 am
Tracing the Holocaust-Symbol Theory of The Shining
Harper's Finest — May 21, 2013, 3:09 pm
The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains
Précis — May 20, 2013, 9:00 am
“The smart question is not ‘How we can ban more guns?’ but ‘How can we live more safely among the millions of guns already floating around?’ ”
Harper's Finest — May 20, 2013, 9:00 am
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science.”
Honors — May 3, 2013, 11:27 am
Honors — April 24, 2013, 11:45 am
Congratulations to Samuel James, winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award
Précis — April 15, 2013, 2:37 am
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
Mentions — April 7, 2013, 8:07 pm
Official Business — April 3, 2013, 2:14 pm
Harper's Finest — March 21, 2013, 6:06 pm
Tracing our coverage of the war, from Lewis H. Lapham to Andrew J. Bacevich
Official Business — March 21, 2013, 9:00 am
Official Business — March 18, 2013, 11:04 am
A discussion with critics Ruth Franklin, Christine Smallwood, and Jennifer Szalai on Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m.
From the Magazine — March 9, 2013, 11:00 am
When soda was a wonder, not a basic human right
Harper's Finest — February 27, 2013, 9:01 am
Official Business — February 8, 2013, 4:34 pm
Please join photographer Samuel James and Harper???s Magazine art director Stacey D. Clarkson on Tuesday, February 12, for a discussion of James???s work.
Harper's Finest — January 30, 2013, 2:50 pm
A core piece in the canon of criticism on criticism
Official Business — January 30, 2013, 2:49 pm

Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:

Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.

In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
© 2012 Harper’s Magazine. Logo photograph (detail) by Nadia Shira Cohen.

