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Remembering Lewis H. Lapham

by Christopher Carroll, Ann K. Gollin, Marilynne Robinson, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Annie Dillard, Roger D. Hodge, Ellen Rosenbush, Jennifer Szalai, Sheila Wolfe, Gerald Marzorati, Cynthia Ozick, Garret Keizer, Ralph Nader, Colin Harrison, Francine Prose, Curtis White, Gemma Sieff, Robert Whitcomb, Jack Hitt, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Adam Iscoe, Will Augerot, Matthew Stevenson, Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

This month’s Letters section is devoted to remembrances of Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024), the editor of Harper’s Magazine from 1976 to 1981 and from 1983 to 2006. I first…

Lewis H. Lapham’s Legacy

by John R. MacArthur,

Lewis H. Lapham’s correspondence with Henry Kissinger can be read here. Lewis H. Lapham wanted to be remembered as a literary man and an essayist, and no one should begrudge his…

In Memoriam: Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024)

by Harper’s Magazine,

Lewis H. Lapham at work in the offices of Harper’s Magazine. Photograph by Matthew Septimus We at Harper’s Magazine mourn the loss of our editor emeritus, Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024), who…

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Remembering Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham’s Legacy

In Memoriam: Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024)

October 2024

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