Lapham's Quarterly

I love Lapham's Quarterly. Also, what a missed opportunity it represents for Harper's (Lapham's previous employer). Harper's has been famously slow to embrace the web and as a result has been declining lately despite still featuring strong writing. Lapham is an octogenarian and very old school in many ways, but has still managed to pull off the print/web hybrid format in a way that Harper's hasn't. I can easily imagine an alternate reality where LQ is a Harper's vertical as opposed to an independent breakaway journal.

Lapham's Quarterly is another example of print never going away (though it may become a niche one day like vinyl records). Their attention to physical detail in paper, ink and illustration gives each issue a tangible value that's hard to replicate in the digital world no matter how "interactive" you might make it.

I&#x27;ve been a reader of Lapham&#x27;s Quarterly for about 2 years now. So much better than watching TV and crappy movies.<p>Its kind of meant to be a starting point for readers to find something interesting and follow it through in more detail.<p>Similar to a curated list of topics with short bits of content to pique interest.<p>I love it.

I was a fan of the magazine and subscribed for the first two years, largely on the strength of the inaugural issue focusing on war. In a way I think they kind of cheated with that issue because it turns out that there is a huge amount of compelling writing and art on the subject of war -- massively more than some of the late subjects they chose.<p>Particularly the &quot;money&quot; issue seemed amazing superficial. As in most of the extracts were just various ways marveling at the concept of fungibility.<p>(Or maybe I don&#x27;t appreciate it because I&#x27;m not as smart as Lewis Lapham.)

They have an excellent 404 page, see here: <a href="http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/foobar/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.laphamsquarterly.org&#x2F;foobar&#x2F;</a>

Mr Lapham&#x27;s writings in the Harper&#x27;s Notebook column justified the cost of the subscription for me. The breadth of scope he would bring always amazed me.

Much as we like Lapham&#x27;s, it would be better to post a substantive article from the website instead of the magazine home page.