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b'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'