“Because of Lehman's work, and others in the Nexus series, perhaps now, at last, Miller's Inhumans can take their rightful place, between the Lost Generation and the Beats, where they belong.”

—James T. Patterson, “Stirring the Pot on Henry Miller”

“Eric D. Lehman’s contribution to New Perspectives draws upon an already established association between Miller and the Transcendentalist tradition by presenting a well-argued correlation between Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (1957) and Thoreau’s Walden (1854). Lehman’s close reading of both texts reveals structural overlap, but makes clear that Miller’s work is no sequel, as “Miller has passed that point of life where he needs solitude to stimulate his creative individualism.” Comparing and contrasting Big Sur with Thoreau’s work brings to light the essence of community in the mind-set of Miller’s later years, perhaps something that has been overlooked by critics with a less favourable view on Miller’s sense of self.”

—Wayne E. Arnold, University of Kitakyushu, 49th Parallel, Issue 38 (2016)

In addition to contributing regularly to The Wayfarer, Edible Nutmeg, and Estuary in his spare time, Lehman pursues Henry Miller scholarship, as contributor and associate editor for Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal. He also contributed to Henry Miller: New Perspectives.

Lehman's work has appeared in many other publications, including the following: The Writer Magazine, Gastronomica, Garbanzo, Wilderness House Literary Review, Umbrella, Phi Kappa Phi FORUM, Venture Magazine, Identity Theory, Quinnipiac Valley Times, Rackehanen Fly Fishing Journal, Hackwriters, Knightlines, Housatonic Quill, Peatsmoke, Post Road Review, Embodied Effigies, Shanti Arts, Strong Verse, The New Formalist, Hemingway's Shotgun, Paper Wasp, The Shantytown Anomaly, Red River Review, Ultraverse, Simply Haiku, Moria, Mastodon Dentist, Mobius, ken*again, Cause and Effect, Switchback, Nature's Wisdom, Antique Trader, Canopic Jar, SNReview, Entelechy, T-Zero, Bull, Hamden Community News, Shoreline Times, Communion, The Fourth River, Coastal Connecticut, Portrait of New England, The Writing Disorder, and Wildness: Voices of the Sacred Landscape.