Roger Hodge
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Roger D. Hodge was the editor of Harper's Magazine
from March 2006 through January 2010.
In December 2000, Hodge orchestrated the relaunch of the magazine’s website, Harpers.org, and created the popular “Weekly Review,” a deadpan satire of the twenty-four hour news cycle. In December 2003 he oversaw another radical redesign of Harpers.org; that month he also began writing a monthly print column, “Findings,” a sardonic portrait of recent medical, scientific, and environmental developments, which he continued to write until 2007. Hodge was named deputy editor of the magazine in November 2004, and in April 2006 he replaced Lewis H. Lapham
as editor.
The publisher of Harper's Magazine, John R. MacArthur
, fired Hodge as editor in January 2010. At first, MacArthur claimed that Hodge was stepping down for "personal reasons," but he later was forced to admit that he indeed fired Hodge. "I misspoke," MacArthur explained. "I should have just stuck to, it’s personal, it's between him and me."
During Hodge's tenure Harper's Magazine received eight National Magazine Award finalist nominations; the magazine won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2006 and the Award for Fiction in 2008. His writings there include "Blood and Time: Cormac McCarthy
and the Twilight of the West," which appeared in February 2006 and was a National Magazine Award finalist for Reviews and Criticism.
Hodge's final issue as editor was the March 2010 issue, which included a widely praised report by Scott Horton: "The Guantánamo 'Suicides': A Camp Delta Sergeant Blows the Whistle." That article presents evidence from four named U.S. Military Intelligence guards, including a decorated sergeant, that three Guantánamo Bay prisoners who allegedly committed suicide in 2006 were most likely killed in a secret "black site" known to American soldiers as "Camp No."
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010...
from March 2006 through January 2010.
Background
Hodge attended the University of the South, where he majored in comparative literature. He began graduate work at the New School for Social Research and completed a master's degree in philosophy, but joined Harper's before finishing his dissertation.Harper's Magazine
Hodge first came to Harper's as an intern in 1996 and was subsequently hired as a fact checker. Hodge edited the Harper's Reading section from 1999 until 2003.In December 2000, Hodge orchestrated the relaunch of the magazine’s website, Harpers.org, and created the popular “Weekly Review,” a deadpan satire of the twenty-four hour news cycle. In December 2003 he oversaw another radical redesign of Harpers.org; that month he also began writing a monthly print column, “Findings,” a sardonic portrait of recent medical, scientific, and environmental developments, which he continued to write until 2007. Hodge was named deputy editor of the magazine in November 2004, and in April 2006 he replaced Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham is an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. He also is the founder of the eponymous publication about history and literature entitled Lapham's Quarterly. He has written numerous books on...
as editor.
The publisher of Harper's Magazine, John R. MacArthur
John R. MacArthur
John R. "Rick" MacArthur is an American journalist and author of books about US politics. He is the president of Harper's Magazine.- Biography :...
, fired Hodge as editor in January 2010. At first, MacArthur claimed that Hodge was stepping down for "personal reasons," but he later was forced to admit that he indeed fired Hodge. "I misspoke," MacArthur explained. "I should have just stuck to, it’s personal, it's between him and me."
During Hodge's tenure Harper's Magazine received eight National Magazine Award finalist nominations; the magazine won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2006 and the Award for Fiction in 2008. His writings there include "Blood and Time: Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and modernist genres. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction for The Road...
and the Twilight of the West," which appeared in February 2006 and was a National Magazine Award finalist for Reviews and Criticism.
Hodge's final issue as editor was the March 2010 issue, which included a widely praised report by Scott Horton: "The Guantánamo 'Suicides': A Camp Delta Sergeant Blows the Whistle." That article presents evidence from four named U.S. Military Intelligence guards, including a decorated sergeant, that three Guantánamo Bay prisoners who allegedly committed suicide in 2006 were most likely killed in a secret "black site" known to American soldiers as "Camp No."
Author
Hodge is the author most recently of The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism which is a book critical of Obama from the liberal perspective.External links
- Blood and Time: Cormac McCarthy and the Twilight of the West 2006 National Magazine Award finalist for Reviews and Criticism
- The Naughts, an introduction to Submersion Journalism, an anthology of Harper's undercover and participatory reporting.
- The Mendacity of Hope February 2010 essay on Barack Obama.
- Creative Destruction November 2008 essay on the presidential election.
- Harper's Magazine official Harper's biography
- Onan the Magnificent Satirical article by Hodge about Matthew Barney'sMatthew BarneyMatthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
CremasterThe Cremaster CycleThe Cremaster Cycle is an art project consisting of five feature length films, together with related sculptures, photographs, drawings, and artist's books; it is the best-known work of American visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney....
film series. - The Guantánamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta Sergeant Blows the Whistle, by Scott Horton
- Harper's Magazine Honors and Awards