Lewis H. Lapham Archives

At the Summit

The last days of Davos

An Ornament of Our Dingy Office

William Dean Howells called it his “Uneasy Chair.” Lewis H. Lapham thought it “a column always grotesquely misnamed.” Bernard DeVoto simply wanted to do something else—a books section—and tried to fob…

The Letters of Lewis H. Lapham and Henry A. Kissinger

by Lewis H. Lapham, 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…

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…

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…

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…

Lewis H. Lapham
(1935–2024)

by Harper’s Magazine,

Mourning our editor emeritus

Bombast Bursting in Air

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich surveys his competition; Lewis H. Lapham analyzes the 2016 election so far.

Harper’s Magazine on the Iraq War (2002–2013)

by Harper’s Magazine,

Tracing our coverage of the war, from Lewis H. Lapham to Andrew J. Bacevich

Figures of Speech

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. —Gustave Flaubert Notebook departs this month from the table of contents, its purpose served and its license expired after…

Blue guitar

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Lewis H. Lapham

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At the Summit

An Ornament of Our Dingy Office

The Letters of Lewis H. Lapham and Henry A. Kissinger

Lewis H. Lapham’s Legacy

Remembering Lewis H. Lapham

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

Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024)

Bombast Bursting in Air

Harper’s Magazine on the Iraq War (2002–2013)

Figures of Speech

Blue guitar

May 2006

Debug

Lewis H. Lapham
(1935–2024)