January 16, 2019
The Killing of Hypatia
A fight over all things visible and invisible, featuring practical magic, empire, and terrible men.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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January 14, 2019
Mapping the Oceans
How cartographers saw the world in the Age of Discovery.
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January 07, 2019
A Treasure Trove of Labyrinths
Finding the first drafts of ideas in the letters of Guy Davenport, Hugh Kenner, and other writers.
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January 04, 2019
The Rest Is History
The high price of attempting immortality, shutdowns, and the public domain.
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January 02, 2019
Glossary: Night
From arousal disorder to Zeitgebers, the language of the night.
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Monumental Mistakes
2023:
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
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.