I've long admired the prose stylings of Lewis Lapham, and was saddened he retired from Harpers.
Advertising Age - MediaWorks - The Gourmand and the Intellectual : The magazine business delivered its highest honors this afternoon to Lewis Lapham, who led Harper's as editor in two stretches totaling nearly three decades ... For his part, Mr. Lapham acted his expected, restrained self as he was inducted into the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame. He recounted the first advice he got upon being first named editor of Harper's in 1976, which he was told boiled down to one word: “Steal.”“Stand on the back of talent,” he added. “Ride the surfboard of genius.” Before telling the crowd that he had done just that, acknowledging the many young editors he has worked with through the years.
Although he is “retired,” Mr. Lapham is now developing a history quarterly, Lapham's Quarterly. “I look forward to the continued exploration,” he said.
