John R. “Rick” MacArthur

John R. (Rick) MacArthur is president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine and an award-winning journalist and author. Under his leadership, Harper’s has received twenty-two National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest recognition. He edited and wrote the introduction (and conducted the last interview) for Graham Greene: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, published by Melville House in 2019. His essays appear regularly in The Spectator (U.K.) and he writes a column (in French) for Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper. In 2017 he was named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters, an honor bestowed by the French government. His books include Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War and The Selling of “Free Trade”: NAFTA, Washington, & the Subversion of American Democracy. Mr. MacArthur was born in New York City and grew up in Winnetka, Illinois. He graduated in 1978 from Columbia University with a B.A. in history. He lives with his wife and two daughters in New York City.