June 19, 2020
The Rest Is History
Powerful phrases, prehistoric creativity, and the origins of quarantine.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 9, 2025
June 18, 2020
“Our Precious Blood May Not Be Shed”
A Harlem Renaissance poet on the value of Black lives.
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June 15, 2020
An Empire of Immigrants
On the opportunities and dangers foreigners faced in the Roman Empire.
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June 08, 2020
A Tour of the Plague Years in New York City
Revisiting the diseases that spread in Gotham.
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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.