January 1992 Issue [Essay] Who and What is American? Download PDF Adjust Share The things we continue to hold in common by Lewis H. Lapham, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century American Group identity National characteristics Nationalism United States More from Lewis H. Lapham The Letters of Lewis H. Lapham and Henry A. Kissinger July 30, 1979 Dear Dr. Kissinger: I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation at lunch last month, and I hope that we have an occasion sometime in the fall to extend and… Mists of Wish and Dream From the Editor’s Notebook that appeared in the June 1988 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 173-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive. The news from… There’s Another Ex-President Who Needs to Be Arrested! Lewis Lapham discusses George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and democracy Adjust Share