Richard Lingeman

Senior Editor

Richard Lingeman, a former senior editor of The Nation, covered books and writers for The New York Times Book Review in the 1970s. He is the author of the biographies Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey and Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street.

Black-and-white photo of Eugene Debs waving to s crowd in 1921

What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share? What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share?

Trump, too, may campaign from a prison cell.

Aug 8, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

Remembering Marvin Kitman

Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman

He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine. 

Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

Television executive and Chairman of Fox News Roger Ailes in front of logo of recently launched Fox News Channel at Television Critics Association press event, January 14, 1997.

Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert) Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert)

How Roger Ailes made Fox News the place to find subjective objectivity.

Feb 22, 2023 / Richard Lingeman and Marvin Kitman

Victor Navasky looks at the camera wearing green knit tie and suit.

Remembering the “Placatory and Principled” Victor Navasky Remembering the “Placatory and Principled” Victor Navasky

Colleagues pay tribute to the former editor and publisher of The Nation.

Jan 30, 2023 / Editorial / Elizabeth Pochoda, Calvin Trillin, and Richard Lingeman

The Bare Ruined Choirs of Notre Dame

The Bare Ruined Choirs of Notre Dame The Bare Ruined Choirs of Notre Dame

This monument to medieval faith will surely be rebuilt—by the techno-mobilization of capitalist individualism.

Apr 22, 2019 / Richard Lingeman

Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe and Me Tom Wolfe and Me

He exploded on the scene like a New Journalism comet and kept himself aloft by superior, mostly tasteful self-promotion, hard work, and good journalism.

May 16, 2018 / Richard Lingeman

The Republican Reality Show Is in Full Swing

The Republican Reality Show Is in Full Swing The Republican Reality Show Is in Full Swing

Take care, Republican strategists. If you mount an exclusively anti-Hillary campaign, the Democrats will hit back in kind, and the Donald is a ripe target.

Jul 20, 2016 / Richard Lingeman

Dispatches From Our Gilded Age

Dispatches From Our Gilded Age Dispatches From Our Gilded Age

Caviar, champagne, and class hatred.

Jul 14, 2016 / Richard Lingeman

Harper Lee

Harper Lee, 1926–2016 Harper Lee, 1926–2016

Lee belonged to a generation of Southern writers who rejected the racist heritage of their childhoods but not the world that nurtured it.

Feb 22, 2016 / Richard Lingeman

How a Harper Lee Novel Unfit to Print Was Turned Into Found Money

How a Harper Lee Novel Unfit to Print Was Turned Into Found Money How a Harper Lee Novel Unfit to Print Was Turned Into Found Money

The decision to publish was purely a marketing decision. It turned out to be a shrewd one.

Aug 18, 2015 / Richard Lingeman

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