October 06, 2021
Whose Homer Is It Anyway?
Creating a composite character out of depictions of the ancient poet.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 29, 2025
October 05, 2021
The Artist Paints Herself
Elisabetta Sirani, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Rosalba Carriera through the ages.
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October 04, 2021
As Far from Heaven as Possible
How Henry Wadsworth Longfellow interpreted Reconstruction by translating Dante.
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October 01, 2021
The Rest Is History
Volcano-induced climate change, ancient footprints, and the search for sea monsters.
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September 29, 2021
The Gradual Discovery of Glasses
Considering the prehistory of spectacles.
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September 28, 2021
Do You Want to Build an Icehouse?
On the refrigerated innovations of ancient rulers.
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September 24, 2021
The Rest Is History
Trees, writing on the wall, and miscellaneous moments in American political history.
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September 24, 2021
A Vast Latrine for Dogs
A brief history of trying to save city streets from pet waste.
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September 17, 2021
The Rest Is History
Indexes, newborn pachyderm footprints, and revolutionized fonts.
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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.