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In the Land of Fiction and Fake News

By Elizabeth Mitchell

Lost for Words

By Stewart L. Sinclair

Poem About Human Habits of Consumption That Begins with Contemplating the Walnut in My Yard

Poetry by Felicia Zamora

Back Draft: Lisa Dillman

By Ben Purkert and Lisa Dillman

Lewis Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham is editor of Lapham’s Quarterly. Formerly editor of Harper’s Magazine, he is the author of numerous books, including Money and Class in America, Theater of War, Gag Rule, and, most recently, Pretensions to Empire. The New York Times has likened him to H.L. Mencken; Vanity Fair has suggested a strong resemblance to Mark Twain; and Tom Wolfe has compared him to Montaigne. This essay, shortened for TomDispatch, introduces "Magic Shows," the Summer 2012 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly.
Essay HistoryHumorLit WorldUSA

Laughing into Darkness

By Lewis Lapham December 20, 2013

Why humor saves, with help from Twain.

Commentary Technology & the Future

Magic and the Machine

By Lewis Lapham June 25, 2012

The ascension of science in so many facets of our everyday lives has not sparked a revitalization of belief in the power of reason.

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