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Lewis Lapham, formerly the editor of Harper's, is the founder of Lapham's Quarterly.\n\n"The best part of my job was to come across a manuscript. You never knew what would show up. ... I always had the sense of opening a present, hoping to be both delighted and surprised. Often I was disappointed. But when I wasn't, it was a lot of fun. And word got around that I was that kind of an editor, that I was willing to try anything if you could make it interesting."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and GoDaddy for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\nLapham's Quarterly\nLapham on Longform\n[2:30] With the Beatles (Melville House \u2022 Oct 2005)\n[17:00] "Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?" (The Saturday Evening Post \u2022 Sep 1965) [unavailable online]\n[21:00] "Monk: High Priest of Jazz" (The Saturday Evening Post \u2022 Apr 1964) [unavailable online]\n[29:00] "Alaksa: Politicians and Natives, Money and Oil" (Harper's \u2022 May 1970) [paywall]\n[31:00] "The Coming Wounds of Wall Street" (Harper's \u2022 May 1971) [paywall]\n[43:30] "Harper's Lapham: Good-bye, Long Tale" (Christopher Swan \u2022 The Christian Science Monitor \u2022 July 1985)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices