April 14, 2020
The Largest Human Zoo in World History
Visiting the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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April 13, 2020
A Letter from Quarantine
“A person in my state of health should not have such miseries to bear.”
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April 10, 2020
The Rest Is History
Wash your hands, help librarians, and read about revolutions.
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April 08, 2020
Walt Whitman’s Gift
His friendship with the Gilchrist family survives in art.
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April 07, 2020
Presidential Approval Rating
George Washington tries to give the public what it wants.
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April 06, 2020
A Revolution of Values
Martin Luther King Jr. proposed a fix for America’s poisoned soul: ending the Vietnam War.
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April 03, 2020
Death and Depravity in Venice
Embracing “the voluptuousness of doom” amid a cholera outbreak.
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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.