January 25, 2018
The Magic Mountain
When the imperial global economy explained itself to the membership in Davos in 1998.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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January 24, 2018
Voices in Time: Fantastic Beast
The author of In Search of Mary Shelley shares a peek at Frankenstein’s creature.
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January 22, 2018
William Randolph Hearst for President
Another news cycle, another media mogul stirring up electoral buzz.
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January 19, 2018
The Rest Is History
Waiting in line for some reason, radio quacks, and pointing fingers in the margins.
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January 17, 2018
Unnatural Disasters
How Anna Kavan’s fiction questioned reality, destroyed the earth, and brought art into the future.
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January 16, 2018
Advertisements for Reality
Read the preamble to our special issue on the history of fake news.
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January 12, 2018
The Rest Is History
Hedges with nefarious motives, a playwright’s trove, and oil!
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January 10, 2018
Glossary: States of Mind
From addlepate to verklempt, the language of the mind.
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January 08, 2018
The End of History at the Museum of the Bible
When the apocalypse is around the corner, what’s the point of preserving the past?
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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.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.