September 02, 2025
The Draft of Time
A reading from Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
September 5, 2025
September 05, 2025
The Rest Is History
Bruce Springsteen, The Wizard of Oz, and wild horses.
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August 08, 2025
The Rest Is History
Polenta, a penis worm, and the subterranean homesick blues.
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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.