April 14, 2017
The Rest Is History
James Baldwin at the Schomburg, Ernest Hemingway in World War I, and Count Dracula in Iceland.
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April 12, 2017
Genius, Interrupted
The life, times, and trials of sculptor Camille Claudel.
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April 11, 2017
Lapham’s Quarterly Has a New Podcast
Lewis Lapham in conversation with leading historians and scholars.
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April 10, 2017
Glossary: Discovery
From astrolabe to pig in a poke, the words of discovery.
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April 07, 2017
The Rest Is History
Che Guevara in the Congo, dreams and telegrams in the nineteenth century, and the long history of hysterical women.
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March 31, 2017
The Rest Is History
A nun’s adventures, a teen girl’s vaudeville act, and a literary icon’s style.
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March 31, 2017
Digging Up Troy
Heinrich Schliemann and the search for archaeological evidence of Homer’s Troy.
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March 24, 2017
The Rest Is History
The real Casanova, the furniture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and remembering literary and musical legends.
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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.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.