January 08, 2021
The Rest Is History
An excuse to read books from 1925, a young and fragile democracy, and an Emily Dickinson adventure.
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January 08, 2021
An excuse to read books from 1925, a young and fragile democracy, and an Emily Dickinson adventure.
Read MoreJanuary 01, 2021
Getting ready to hibernate, why we write, and a well-preserved snack bar.
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A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year.
Read MoreDecember 23, 2020
The evolution of English legal language that deemed people mentally incapacitated.
Read MoreDecember 21, 2020
A history of the United States shifting the financial burden of emancipation onto enslaved people.
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David W. Blight and Lewis H. Lapham in conversation.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2020
Haddock in tasty sauce, a tower of skulls, and listening to Beethoven.
Read MoreDecember 16, 2020
Following the many migrations and adaptations of Assyrian music.
Read More2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.