May 11, 2022
Report of Action Not Received
An accounting of racist murders in nineteenth-century America.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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May 06, 2022
The Rest Is History
Weaponizing a history of discrimination, John Brown in fiction, and finding cave art.
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May 03, 2022
You’ll Miss Us When We’re Gone
Michael Knox Beran and Lewis H. Lapham discuss the rise and fall of the WASP.
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April 22, 2022
The Rest Is History
The evolution of the disposable razor, the invention of the sports bra, and the collective groan of archivists everywhere.
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April 20, 2022
Seizing the Means of Audio Production
In the 1980s the Egyptian government was determined to stop the spread of the “vulgar” cassette.
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April 15, 2022
The Rest Is History
Little Ukraine, Monsieur Pomme de Terre, and the history of an emotion.
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April 13, 2022
Reconciliation Process
When Charles Sumner died in 1874, a bill he had sponsored two years earlier threatened to overshadow his legacy.
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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.