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Episode 104: Lewis Lapham
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
Lewis Lapham, formerly the editor of Harper's, is the founder of Lapham's Quarterly.
"The best part of my job was to come across a manuscript. You never knew what would show up. ... I always had the sense of opening a present, hoping to be both delighted and surprised. Often I was disappointed. But when I wasn't, it was a lot of fun. And word got around that I was that kind of an editor, that I was willing to try anything if you could make it interesting."
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Show Notes:
Lapham's Quarterly
Lapham on Longform
[2:30] With the Beatles (Melville House • Oct 2005)
[17:00] "Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?" (The Saturday Evening Post • Sep 1965) [unavailable online]
[21:00] "Monk: High Priest of Jazz" (The Saturday Evening Post • Apr 1964) [unavailable online]
[29:00] "Alaksa: Politicians and Natives, Money and Oil" (Harper's • May 1970) [paywall]
[31:00] "The Coming Wounds of Wall Street" (Harper's • May 1971) [paywall]
[43:30] "Harper's Lapham: Good-bye, Long Tale" (Christopher Swan • The Christian Science Monitor • July 1985)
"The best part of my job was to come across a manuscript. You never knew what would show up. ... I always had the sense of opening a present, hoping to be both delighted and surprised. Often I was disappointed. But when I wasn't, it was a lot of fun. And word got around that I was that kind of an editor, that I was willing to try anything if you could make it interesting."
Thanks to TinyLetter and GoDaddy for sponsoring this week's episode.
Show Notes:
Lapham's Quarterly
Lapham on Longform
[2:30] With the Beatles (Melville House • Oct 2005)
[17:00] "Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?" (The Saturday Evening Post • Sep 1965) [unavailable online]
[21:00] "Monk: High Priest of Jazz" (The Saturday Evening Post • Apr 1964) [unavailable online]
[29:00] "Alaksa: Politicians and Natives, Money and Oil" (Harper's • May 1970) [paywall]
[31:00] "The Coming Wounds of Wall Street" (Harper's • May 1971) [paywall]
[43:30] "Harper's Lapham: Good-bye, Long Tale" (Christopher Swan • The Christian Science Monitor • July 1985)
Released:
Aug 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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