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Genius, Interrupted
The life, times, and trials of sculptor Camille Claudel.
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Lapham’s Quarterly Has a New Podcast
Lewis Lapham in conversation with leading historians and scholars.
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April 10, 2017
Glossary: Discovery
From astrolabe to pig in a poke, the words of discovery.
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April 07, 2017
The Rest Is History
Che Guevara in the Congo, dreams and telegrams in the nineteenth century, and the long history of hysterical women.
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March 31, 2017
The Rest Is History
A nun’s adventures, a teen girl’s vaudeville act, and a literary icon’s style.
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March 31, 2017
Digging Up Troy
Heinrich Schliemann and the search for archaeological evidence of Homer’s Troy.
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March 24, 2017
The Rest Is History
The real Casanova, the furniture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and remembering literary and musical legends.
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March 22, 2017
How Paris Became the City of Light
Louis XIV hires the city’s first police chief.
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Monumental Mistakes
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
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Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.