Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammala karatu a Columbia, Leamer ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin edita a "Newsweek" kafin ya juya zuwa rubutun mujallu don jerin wallafe-wallafe, ciki har da "Harper's", "The New York Times Magazine", da kuma "Playboy". A wannan lokacin, Leamer ya yi aiki a cikin ma'adinan kwal a Yammacin Virginia, yayin da yake binciken wata kasida. A lokacin da
Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan na 1971, shi ne ɗan jarida ɗaya tilo da ya zauna a wani otal na Bengali a Dhaka kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa yankuna masu nisa na sabuwar Bangladesh. Labarinsa a cikin "Harper's" ya sami yabo daga Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Ƙasashen waje don "Kyakkyawan Labarin Jarida".