April 03, 2023
Analysis Does Cramp the Painter
How the artistic partnership of Lady Frieda Harris and Aleister Crowley led to the creation of the Thoth Tarot.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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March 29, 2023
Learning Is Better Than House or Land
On the audiences and authors of midwifery manuals.
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March 16, 2023
Glossary: Education
From academy to teacher’s pet, the language of learning.
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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.