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February 18, 2008, 01:51 PM ET
'Lingua Franca' Eds: Where Are They Now?
For a decade, Lingua Franca led the way in bringing academic ideas into public life, says Ron Rosenbaum in an essay from two years ago. I came across it recently, and it recalled the monthly arrival of that magazine in the department office. It’s been more than six years since Lingua Franca closed shop (reported here), but Rosenbaum stated that it played a large role in a new kind of journalism, “writing about thinking.”
My colleagues and I certainly enjoyed it, and while reportage and analysis sometimes mixed with gossip, the gossip never seemed to cloud the intellectual stakes of the stories. And a few of those pieces, such as the Sokal Hoax, managed to alter the reputations of certain ideas and academic movements.
Among the most impressive aspects of the magazine appeared on the masthead in the Table of Contents pages. My February 1998 copy lists a daunting group of editors, and I’ve attached links to some of their post-Lingua Franca activities:
Editor — Alexander Star (here and here)
Senior Editors — Emily Eakin (here) and Daniel Zalewski (here)
Managing Editor — Laura Secor (here)
Editors-at-Large — Judith Shulevitz (here) and Margaret Talbot (here)
Contributing Editors (selected) — Charlotte Allen (here), Adam Begley (here), Larissa McFarquhar (here), Scott McLemee (here), Rick Perlstein (here), Emily Nussbaum (here).
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