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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 51 reviews)
Sales Rank: 82
Category: Magazine
Publisher: Harper's Magazine
Studio: Harper's Magazine
Manufacturer: Harper's Magazine
Label: Harper's Magazine
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Language: English (Published)
Type: Consumer magazine
Media: Magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7QO
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Customer Reviews:
 No signs of a subscription! February 19, 2007
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
On January 19th, I ordered this subscription as a gift for my niece. It is exactly a month later, and she has received no notification that she is going to receive the magazine. I was aware that the magazine would not arrive for several weeks, but in years past, notification has been sent out by magazines to inform recipients of the upcoming subscription. I give Harper's the benefit of the doubt when I give 3 stars... since I have yet to see any sign of a subscription.
 Well written and interesting February 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't know how they do it, but Harper's always seems to present me with tidbits of information that I wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. It seems like they must have an army of people digging through documents to come up with some of their content. I generally read it cover to cover within a few days of getting it. I think it's great.
A monthly break from pedestrian print journalism January 28, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This magazine has been a terrific little treasure for at least 25 years.
I started reading it when they printed a piece on Bert Lance called
"The Money Vanishes" during the early Carter years. That piece along
with a Larry Kramer article during the early days of the HIV epidemic
are the two most compelling pieces of US journalism I have read in
forty years.
How any reviewer (below) can see Harper's as a "Left Oriented Magazine"
is a bright mystery to me. Any piece as scathing as "The Money Vanishes"
could NOT appear in a left-slanted magazine.
The reader should be ready for a hard look at topics from another,
challenging perspective. Along with The Economist and The Atlantic, this
is a magazine I would recommend as brain food for airplane trips and
waiting rooms etc. Bascially, Harper's is the other end of the comtinuum
from most of the print medium in the US now.
 Good Magazine...if you receive it December 25, 2006
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
I ordered this magazine for a class I was taking last semester at college. I really did enjoy the articles I read in class. My only problem with the magazine was that I never received it. After calling Harpers about four times I got two magazines from the previous two months, but now I am still waiting for both last and this month's editions. Happy reading...if the magazine reaches you!
 Thoughtful Must Mean Boring December 16, 2006
7 out of 33 found this review helpful
Harper's reminds me of a book reading I once went to. The author read a selection from Proust. It took forever and when she finally got to the 'point' the crowd all murmured and nodded in approval at its profundity. I thought I was going to go out of my mind.......what's so profound about taking 1000 words to make a point that could have been made in ten words or less? And therein lies my problem with Harper's.
People here compare it with other "thoughtful" magazines like the Atlantic and the New Yorker. No....it's not like those magazines at all; every paragraph in those magazines is packed with information that is critical to understanding the entire story. They don't take the rambling "blue highways" approach like Harper's does. If you really want a magazine that is balanced and in depth without the wandering prose of Harper's try my two favorites: the New Yorker and the Economist. I also recommend the Atlantic.
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