December 23, 2019
The Strange Properties and Histories of the Magic Hat
On wishing hats, top hats, the Helm of Death, and other mystical headwear.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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December 18, 2019
All Good Things Must Begin
On the self-preservation, testimonies, and solace found in the diaries of black women writers.
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December 17, 2019
A Crime “Too Atrocious”
How the testimony of an enslaved person upends perceptions.
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December 15, 2019
A Personal Act of Reparation
The long aftermath of a North Carolina man’s decision to deed a plot of land to his former slaves.
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December 12, 2019
Medieval Macaroni
On the travels and linguistic transformations of pasta.
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December 11, 2019
How to Survive Winter
Now that climate change has made winter a shadow of its former self, are we learning to appreciate it?
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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.