Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis Henry Laphamis an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. He is the founder of Lapham's Quarterly, a quarterly publication about history and literature, and has written numerous books on politics and current affairs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth8 January 1935
CountryUnited States of America
causes birth leading-causes
The leading cause of death is birth.
media pages advertising
The American press is, and always has been, a booster press, its editorial pages characteristically advancing the same arguments as the paid advertising copy.
country freedom army
Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.
letting-go money might
If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?
war forever news
Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.
song garden delight
In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.
self way mazes
I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self except with a string of words.
country childhood return
Recollections of early childhood bear comparison to fairy tales, and ... youth remains an unknown country to whose bourn no traveler returns except as the agent of a foreign power.
lovely looks stories
Youth as glimpsed by its elders is a story that comes from afar, showing itself as either lovely to look at or a torment to endure.
fun cereal games
The days of my youth I remember as nearly always in need of explanation, and not as much fun as advertised in the promotions for board games and breakfast cereal.
broken pieces thousand
Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned.
opportunity done united-states
Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley.
common-purpose people wish
What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?
emptiness states very-good
The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.