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Binding: Magazine First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Format: Magazine Subscription Issues Per Year: 12 Label: Harper's Magazine Magazine Type: Consumer magazine Manufacturer: Harper's Magazine Number Of Issues: 12 Publisher: Harper's Magazine Studio: Harper's Magazine Subscription Length: 365
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Editorial Reviews: This magazine is edited to cover current social, political, cultural, scientific and economic issues. It also includes reporting, essays, fiction and memoirs by distinguished writers and promising new voices. It regularly features a statistical index, short cuts from various international texts and close analysis of current pieces of media.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: America's last real Magazine Comment: I'm a conservative (but lately more of a libertarian) but Harper's is my favorite magazine. It has honest political commentary, hard to find these days, that I don't always agree with but concede that the arguments are often compelling. The short stories are usually great, and the book reviews better than most. A favorite feature is "Findings" a short list of recent and bizarre scientific findings. I read it aloud to my family (and yes they enjoy it and look forward to each issue, too). Sometimes the editorials are a bit cynical but they are almost as likely to trash the Democrats as the Republicans (a healthy sign since I feel both parties have been co-opted by special interests). You will also get news here without commentary, such as transcripts from Guantanamo, bizarre and revealing emails, and recently discovered correspondence from unlikely political leaders. All without commentary so you avoid the usual media attempt at controlling your opinion. Sure, I might occasionally get mad at or ignore some authors, but I've found life isn't as fun without this magazine. Customer Rating: Summary: good writing but the cynicism drags it down Comment: OK, this is major league journalism and if you want a leftist progressive perspective it's about as good as it gets. But what turns me off--even though I still reluctantly read it--is the level of cynicism that typically pervades its pages. It ought to be called "Sardonica." No matter what, they will criticize, they will find fault, they will give reason for despair. Sometimes the editors rise out of it, as when they did an article on how capitalism might be saved in which they included the brilliant thoughts of a number of well-spoken visionaries. But in general the cynicism drags it down. There's also a kind of stylish decadence about it, an undercurrent of futility. I mean, when GWB was elected, all the conservative publications were like "Here's our chance. Let's make the most of it." Obama's hasn't even served a year yet and Harper's has already run a feature article about how he is going to fail. With friends like that, who needs....Harper's! Customer Rating: Summary: The best magazine for liberal politics Comment: I'm more libertarian than liberal, so I disagree with many of the views expressed in Harper's. And yet, I look forward to it every month--indeed, more than I look forward to Reason. Why? Because Harper's isn't just a place for political diatribes (see: The Nation or Mother Jones); it's a place for original journalism and thoughtful, timely analysis, right up there in the mid-to-highbrow pantheon with The Atlantic and The New Yorker. As a bonus, the subscription comes with full access to the website, Harpers.org, where you can search for and download any article that's been published in the magazine's long and storied history. Customer Rating: Summary: Honest, independent magazine Comment: This is one of my favorite magazines. If you want to understand what is going on in the country and the world, you should read Harper's every month. Gutsy, fearless reporting. If you are looking for more than corporate- speak reporting and analysis in a magazine, you should subscribe to Harper's. Customer Rating: Summary: Consistant and thought-provoking Comment: When one considers a subscription to Harper's, it may be a good idea to spot check one's core beliefs first, and then compare them against the editorial slant of the magazine. In the brief product review, Harper's is described as liberal and left-leaning. In my opinion, if it were to lean any farther, it would topple over. I've subscribed to Harper's for several years now, and will continue to do so when my current subscription runs out in the Spring. Over this time, I've been continually impressed with the magazine's consistancy and broad ranging articles. It also seems to believe that its readers have longer attention spans than what it takes to read a postage stamp, and so it's never felt the need to follow the current trend of wasting two or more introductory pages crammed full of paragraph-sized teaser articles and sidebars. (See National Geographic, Scientific American, American Scholar, and just about the entire issue of The Writer). In any given issue of Harper's, you will find: The Index - a collection of statistics that tell their own story, The Reporter's Notebook - A spotlight soapbox, Readings - a collection of short essays, fiction, memoir, transcripts, etc. of wide and varying interests, Review of New Books, A critical in-depth essay on some facet of Art or Literature, Fiction, A memoir or a travelogue, And cover stories that address the political and social climate in America. I don't agree with everything Harper's puts forth - as I said, their politics are plainly worn on their sleeve, and I think the Reporter's Notebook column is little more than a forum for griping by a revolving coterie of journalists. At times elitist (though far less since Lewis Lapham's influence has waned) and perhaps open to the claim they write from an ivory tower, it is also smart, funny, immensely engaging, informative, and above all, thought provoking. Even if I'm at odds with the view of a particular article, the occasion is an opportunity to redefine to myself where I do stand on the subject. As someone who believes himself to be centrally positioned socially and politically, neutral on many of the hot-button issues of today, and fiscally conservative, Harper's still manages to entertain and engage on a regular basis. Sadly, the author of my favorite recurring column, John Leonard, died late last year. He reviewed new books, and it was from his column that I learned of many of my own choices throughout that time. I can only hope that the new reviewer will share at least some of the same qualities that Mr. Leonard did. Lastly, if you are able to complete the puzzle in the back, then you are a far smarter person than I. I've subscribed for over three years, and I think I can count on one hand how many clues I've figured out. Recommended for the open-minded.