October 31, 2018
The Grieved – Are Many – I Am Told
Meet the emotionally tangled supporting actors of the Dickinson family.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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October 30, 2018
Public History
History museums and historical societies in the United States.
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October 29, 2018
We Will Curse You
A history of sports fans succumbing to dirty warfare, from the Nika riots to the Red Sox.
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October 26, 2018
The Rest Is History
Fake scrolls, shiny bronze statues, and green bean casserole.
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October 25, 2018
Border Fears
The author of The Injustice Never Leaves You traces the path of militarization and fear along the Rio Grande.
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October 24, 2018
One of the Greatest of His Time
Meet Sergei Shchukin, Moscow’s famous collector of impressionists.
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October 23, 2018
Prophets of War
Telegraph operators were the first to know news of the Civil War.
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October 22, 2018
Pride and Prejudice in Tangier
Expats and locals debate how to live in a literary destination that was already a home before the writers came to town.
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Monumental Mistakes
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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.