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Harper's Magazine

“Edit with a pen, as if you were conducting a symphony”

John Fea   |  October 15, 2024

I loved this piece on the late magazine editor and writer Lewis Lapham. The author is Elias Altman, a former Lapham staffer. I was a regular reader of Lapham’s Quarterly before it went on hiatus. Now that Lapham is gone, […]

Revisiting the Harper’s letter on justice and open debate

John Fea   |  December 3, 2022

I reread this today. It was published July 7, 2020 in Harper’s: Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls […]