Preamble Epidemic Signs and Wonders By Francine Prose Reading the literature of past plagues and suddenly seeing our present reflected in a mirror. More
Preamble Animals Man and Beast By Lewis H. Lapham Michel de Montaigne once considered, “When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me?” More
Preamble Spies Open to Inspection By Lewis H. Lapham Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the age of surveillance. More
Preamble States of War The Gulf of Time By Lewis H. Lapham An introduction to Lapham’s Quarterly. More
