October 27, 2016
Inside Baseball
How the Chicago Cubs got to the 1908 World Series, in the words of the losing pitcher.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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October 21, 2016
The Rest Is History
Simone de Beauvoir’s solo expeditions, the CIA’s modern art collection, and New York City’s unrealized cityscapes.
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October 14, 2016
The Rest Is History
Revolutionary dancing, literary redecorating, and surreal cooking.
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October 07, 2016
The Rest Is History
Poetic pilgrimages, a language for everyone, and the terror of Victorian England.
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The Rest Is History
A pioneering cowgirl, Shirley Jackson at home and at work, and a literary auction.
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Monumental Mistakes
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Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
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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.