Lapham's Quarterly
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Lapham's Quarterly is a quarterly journal founded by former Harpers Magazine editor Lewis Lapham. Each issue examines a theme using primary source material from history. For example the inaugural issue titled "States of War" contains dozens of essays, speeches and excerpts from historical authors ranging from Thucydides, William Shakespeare, Sun Tzu, Mark Twain, among others, on different aspects of warfare, grouped into the thematic sections "Call to Arms", "Rules of Engagement", "Field Reports" and "Postmortems". Editorial content includes an introductory essay by Lapham, brief bios of some of the contributors, dozens of color illustrations, and essays by contemporary historians. It is designed for the general reader with an interest in history and literature. Each issue will open "the doors of history behind the events in the news."[1]
Four times a year the editors seize upon the most urgent question then current in the headlines - foreign war, financial panic, separation of church and state - and find answers to that question from authors whose writings have passed the test of time.[2]
Lapham's Quarterly is published by the American Agora Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to fostering interest in, and developing an acquaintance with, history.
[edit] Issues
- Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 2008, November 2007, "States of War"
- Guest essayists: John Mueller, Tom Holland, Fritz Stern, Caleb Carr
- Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 2008, March 2008, "About Money"
- Guest essayists: Jack Weatherford, Jackson Lears, Tim Parks, Edward Castronova
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- Lapham's Quarterly, official website.
- "In His Own Magazine, an Editor Puts Himself Into an Elite Group", by Sara Irvy, The New York Times, Dec 31, 2007
- "F. Scott Fitzgerald, It Seems, Never Met Lewis Lapham", by Gary Shapiro, New York Sun, February 23, 2007.
- "Lapham's Quarterly: Cutting-Edge Journalism From The Distant Past", Tony Hendra, Huffington Post, Dec 3, 2007.
