December 22, 2017
The Rest Is History
Holly Hunter’s journalistic legacy, female Santa Clauses, and fragrance futurists.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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December 20, 2017
David King and the Ghosts in the Image Factory
Thinking about the influential graphic designer after his death.
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December 18, 2017
How to Think Like a Medieval Monk
Self-help for your mind from centuries ago.
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December 15, 2017
The Rest Is History
Pop culture creatures, erased women in stanzas, and the ferry as muse.
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December 14, 2017
Lewis H. Lapham on Forty Themes
Ten years of Lapham’s Quarterly in forty essays.
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December 13, 2017
A Homecoming for Murray Kempton
Looking at the reporter’s life through five houses in Baltimore.
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December 12, 2017
Enter States of Mind
The table of contents for our tenth-anniversary issue.
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