Regular LQ contributor and author of such books as Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester described in our Sea issue a few of his journeys wandering “ceaselessly about on the world's oceans…in all weathers and seasons and climates.” On the LQ podcast, he tells more of his favorite tales from a life at sea.
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Mark Kurlansky, author of Paper: Paging Through History. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. More
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Roland Philipps, author of A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times. More
