[HN Gopher] Lapham's Quarterly Is on Hiatus
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       Lapham's Quarterly Is on Hiatus
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2023-11-04 20:00 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.laphamsquarterly.org)
        
       | recursive4 wrote:
       | It would be a shame to lose Lapham's in print. It embodies the
       | idea that keeping a library is to maintain the breadth and depth
       | of human knowledge as desired at a moment's notice.
        
       | reidacdc wrote:
       | These are interesting and fun. Each issue follows a particular
       | theme (youth, risk, energy, time, etc.) and I occasionally
       | wondered if they would run out, but they seemed to keep going.
       | Articles were an interesting mix of deep dives and short bits
       | that make you go "huh".
       | 
       | Lewis Lapham also has a podcast, where he interviews authors of
       | books he's liked.
        
       | hotnfresh wrote:
       | I'm part of the problem. I subscribed for two years but stopped
       | because I was hardly starting on one before the next was out. The
       | time slips by so fast...
        
       | throwaway5959 wrote:
       | I knew things were goin to get tough (at least in the US) for
       | magazines when I walked into a Barnes and Noble that was recently
       | redone and the magazines were moved from the bottom floor near
       | the entrance to the top floor in the back by the restrooms.
        
       | jkaptur wrote:
       | This is not a huge surprise. They've been extremely behind
       | schedule putting out print issues for quite some time. I hope
       | they can turn things around soon - I'm a big fan.
        
         | jfengel wrote:
         | I'm not a fan but I'm really glad they exist. It's like just
         | off from something I really want, and it's clearly a good thing
         | for a market that isn't quite me (and where there aren't many
         | great alternatives). I hope they get their feet under them.
        
       | disposition2 wrote:
       | I subscribed a few years ago on a whim after seeing it advertised
       | in Harpers (which I still subscribe to and is one of the best
       | publications around IMHO). It honestly went over my head and I
       | didn't continue my subscription.
       | 
       | Sad to hear this though, the quality (both in the editorials and
       | the actual paper / product) is head and shoulders above just
       | about any other publication I can recall. The paper quality
       | reminded me a lot of Next Generation [1] that I used to save my
       | pennies for back in the day.
       | 
       | 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine)
        
       | peruvian wrote:
       | I was wondering why I haven't gotten a new issue in a while.
       | 
       | Lapham's health and age declining also doesn't help.
        
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