Lapham's Quarterly: Friendship

by Lewis H. Lapham (Editor)

Volume XIV, Number 2, Spring 2021. Among the Contributors: Nelson Mandela, Grace Paley, Michel de Montaigne, Jane Jacobs, Seneca, Mary McCarthy, Madame de La Fayette, George Sand, C.S. Lewis, Gertrude Abercrombie, Vivian Gornick, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Du Fu, Amin Maalouf, Francine Prose, B.D. McClay

224 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2021

About the author

Lewis Henry Lapham was the editor of Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and again from 1983 until 2006. He is the founder and current editor of Lapham's Quarterly, featuring a wide range of famous authors devoted to a single topic in each issue. Lapham has also written numerous books on politics and current affairs.

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Reviews

[Rajesh · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not as varied a topic as I would have thought. Friendship is eternal.

[oona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good! The editors really do their job well: a lot of the passages were very very well written and covered a wide variety of perspectives on friendships. The friendship theme itself was so wholesome and very cute. BUT, the editors stick to the theme far too closely for far too long and I got bored of reading about the same topic from different perspectives...(which I didn't even think was possible for me).

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Felt more scattered than other editions, hard to stay engaged. Then again, it was compiled during the pandemic, and we’re all very tired so I completely understand. Perhaps that’s exactly it: the compilation spoke of the heavy mental stuff we’re all going through.

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third Lapham's Quarterly I have read. While I found the selections in the others riveting, this one was less to compelling to me..