Harper's Magazine former editor and author Lewis H. Lapham to speak at University of Minnesota
Who: Lewis H. Lapham, author, editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine, and founding editor of Lapham's Quarterly
What: Lecture and Book Signing
When: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3
Where: University of Minnesota, Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis
Contacts: Marlo Welshons, University of Minnesota Libraries, welsh066@umn.edu, (612) 625-9148
Ryan Mathre, University News Service, mathre@umn.edu, (612) 625-0552
The New York Times has likened him to H.L. Mencken; Vanity Fair has suggested a strong resemblance to Mark Twain and best-selling author Tom Wolfe compared him to Montaigne. On Thursday Dec. 3, author and editor Lewis H. Lapham will speak at the University of Minnesota about the tribulations of the printed word in the wilderness of cyberspace.
"Mixed Media" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, and will be followed by a reception and book signing.
Lewis Lapham is editor emeritus of Harper's Magazine and the founding editor of Lapham's Quarterly, a journal of the history of ideas. The author of 13 books, among them "Theater of War" and "Money and Class in America," Mr. Lapham is the host of Bloomberg Radio's weekly program, "The World in Time."
Presented by the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, the event is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested by Nov.25 at (612) 624-9339 or stangret@umn.edu.