July 24, 2018
Papal Indulgences
The story of the Avignon papacy and an acclaimed Rhône wine.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 10, 2025
July 23, 2018
The Souvenirs of Westward Expansion
The tale of field biologists who followed business west, collecting specimens along the way.
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July 20, 2018
The Rest Is History
Country music, sloshed history, and illegible (but important) handwriting.
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July 17, 2018
The Problem with Questions
How the questions asked betray the anxieties of the times.
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July 16, 2018
Judged by Its Covers
Looking back at the design of the African Writers Series.
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July 13, 2018
The Rest Is History
A Victorian photo shoot, the big pyramids you’d expect, and the dancing plague.
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July 12, 2018
Who Could Ever Love the River Now?
Photographs of the history of the water of Flint—and what is left out.
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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.