Harper’s Magazine marks its 175th anniversary with an expanded June issue. The issue features a special symposium “Distant Mirrors” that includes original essays examining transformative historical figures from the magazine’s history, including essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan on Mark Twain and Harmony Holiday on James Baldwin. Alongside these contemporary analyses are seven selections from our archive—from Noah Brooks’s 1865 recollection of Abraham Lincoln to Don DeLillo’s reflection on 9/11. Alongside the symposium, the issue features Jonathon Sturgeon’s letter on the Kentuckiana killings, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s essay on finding mystery in the digital age, and Amanda Chicago Lewis’s report on the United Nations’ aspirations and shortfalls.
