March 21, 2018
A Chronic Case of Know-Nothing Amnesia
The treatment of each batch of new immigrants sounds familiar, even if we don’t remember where we heard this refrain before.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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March 15, 2018
Voices in Time: Erased from Appalachia
The author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia shares photos vetoed from a state guidebook.
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March 08, 2018
Voices in Time: Eavesdropping on the Austens
The writers of A Secret Sisterhood share a diary with a secret pouch.
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March 07, 2018
A Guide to Jane Austen and Children
Featuring teen diaries, close reading, and polite disagreements at conferences.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.