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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Levering Lewis recalled the life of Wendell Willkie, a midwestern businessman turned politician, who unsuccessfully ran as the Republican nominee for …

Professor Holger Hoock talked about his book Scars of Independence: America’s Violent Birth, in which he argues that the Revolutionary War has been sanitized and is now devoid of the extreme…

Lewis Lapham talked about Age of Folly: America Abandons Its Democracy, his book of essays on America’s democracy and where it is headed. He spoke with Terry McDonell.

Curtis White talked about his book, The Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers, in which he argues that authors like Jonah Lehrer, Richard Dawkins, and Chris…

A panel discussion was held on political satire in America. The panelists shared samples of their work and Lewis Lapham read an essay on the subject of American satire. Following their discu…

A panel discussion was held on upward mobility in America. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. The discussion was moderated by Paul Tough, author of Whate…

Lewis Lapham was interviewed about his life, his career, and his body of writing. Topics included the sense of entitlement, money and power, and the history of U.S. foreign policy. He respon…

Lewis Lapham talked about his cover story in Harper’s on why he believed that President Bush should be impeached for committing the crime of fraud on the people and the Congress of the U.S. …

Harper’s Magazine at a Barnes and Noble in New York City. He discussed four of his books: 1968: War & Democracy, No-Fault Politics: Modern Presidents, the Press, and Reformers, Hard Years: A…

Harper’s Magazine hosted a forum titled “Is There a Case for Impeachment?” Panelists talked about the historical provision for and definition of impeachment in the U.S. Constitution, abuses…

Arthur Miller discussed his book “On Politics and the Art of Acting”

Participants talked about an article written by Mr. Hitchens and published in Harper’s. The article characterized decisions by Secretary Kissinger and others during the Vietnam War as war cr…

Harper’s Magazine Editor, Lewis Lapham, talked about the book he edited, "An American Album: 150 Years of Harper’s Magazine", which is a selection of articles that appeared in the magazine.

Mr. Lapham discussed his book, Theater of War, published by The New Press. The book is his response to the September 11 attacks. Mr. Lapham, a long-time opponent of war, joined a group of pa…

Mr. Lapham talked about current events and the news of the day. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.

Richard Gray read an article, “Extracts from Adam’s Diary,” that Mark Twain wrote for Harper’s Magazine in 1901. Then Lewis Lapham talked about Mark Twain and his work for the magazine.

Lewis Lapham, editor for Harper’s Magazine, talked with high school students about the state of the media during an interview sponsored by the Close-Up Foundation. John Milewski moderated th…

The panel discussed how changes in the publishing industry have affected what America reads. Mr. Schiffrin is the author of The Business of Books: How the International Conglomerates Took O…

In the newspaper roundtable, Paul Weyrich and Lewis Lapham from New York talked about current news stories of interest to them and took audience calls, faxes and electronic mail.

Lewis Lapham talked about the column Mark DeVoto wrote for Harper’s called the “Easy Chair,” which he writes today.