Lewis H. Lapman, Author, Lewis Lapham, Author Grove/Atlantic $22 (213p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1446-4
In this erudite polemic, Harper's editor Lapham charges that the United States is run by a selfish oligarchy, a ruling elite that preaches democracy and a free market but that actually makes the economy dependent on systematic price-fixing,...
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Lewis H. Lapman, Author, Lewis Lapham, Author Verso $18 (0p) ISBN 978-1-85984-062-7
A collection of recent political essays by the editor of Harper's. (Oct.)
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Lewis H. Lapman, Author, Lewis Lapham, Author, Martim Avillez, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0325-3
Gathered from the ""Harper's Index'' column in Harper's magazine, these facts are presented in stark language and frequently startle the reader: ``Portion of personal mail sent in 1985 that consisted of greeting cards: .'' Others capture the...
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Lewis Lapham, Author . New Press $22.95 (202p) ISBN 978-1-56584-772-9
Harper's
magazine editor Lapham (Money and Class in America) comes out doing the sarcastic equivalent of swinging in this collection of diatribes against incompetent hypocrisy in the media and government: "Maybe it's a trick of memory or
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Lewis Lapham, Author . New Press $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-56584-846-7
Readers of Harper's magazine will likely recognize many of these dispatches from editor Lapham, examining roughly two decades of political and cultural folly. Many essays have aged well, but others have not; a reimagining of A Christmas Carol (Sc
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Lewis Lapham, Author . Penguin Press $19.95 (178p) ISBN 978-1-59420-017-5
Lapham, editor of Harper's
, plays the role of a modern-day Tom Paine, propelling stinging criticisms and scathing indictments at the Bush administration and its supporters for what he claims are their bald-faced deceptions about the...
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Lewis Lapham, Author . Melville House $12.95 (147p) ISBN 978-0-9766583-2-0
Nearly 40 years late and awfully short, Harper's
editor-in-chief Lapham expands on his 1968 two-part magazine report on the Maharishi Mahesh's ashram in Rishikesh, India—oh, and the Beatles were there, too. Then a young journalist...
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Lewis Lapham, Author . New Press $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-59558-112-9
The well-respected and much-fêted editor emeritus of Harper's
magazine and recipient of a National Magazine Award, Lapham presents a collection of previously published articles that range from the funding of think tanks and propaganda...
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Lewis Lapham, Author Grove/Atlantic $22.5 (397p) ISBN 978-1-55584-449-3
Lapham ( Money and Class in America ) sees signs of decadence everywhere, from domestication of the arts through government subsidies to our awe of anything that smacks of ``high tech.'' In this miscellany of 50 Harper's columns and 20 other pieces,
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