Commentary — July 1, 2010, 10:02 am
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In the spring of 2010, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Illustration Department graduate students collaborated with Harper’s Magazine art director Stacey D. Clarkson on a project for which each student illustrated a significant story from the magazine’s archives.
October 1851, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story.”
July 1864, Robert Tomes, “The Fortunes of War.”
October 1885, Veeder B. Paine, “Our Public Land Policy.”
April 1901, Mark Twain, “Extracts from Adam’s Diary (Translated from the Original Manuscript).”
June 1902, Edith Wharton, “The Quicksand.”
May 1916, William Allen White, “The Country Newspaper.”
Lucas Mann on hope and change in a minor-league-baseball city
Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:
A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.
A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
Winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books
