August 21, 2019
I Do Not Marry a Married Man
On the stories left untold when Jesuits sought to eradicate indigenous polygamy.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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August 16, 2019
The Rest Is History
The four-hundred-year legacy of American slavery, a Golden Age film extra, and giant prehistoric penguins.
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August 14, 2019
The Power of Speaking Polari
A secret language helped build a queer community in postwar Britain.
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August 07, 2019
Everything’s Coming Up Agrippina
Untangling the gossip that defined a Roman empress for centuries.
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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.