March 01, 2019
The Rest Is History
Glass caskets, illuminated manuscripts, and people reading in art.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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February 21, 2019
A Frederick Douglass Reading List
Reading recommendations from a lifelong education.
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February 20, 2019
Muddy Waters
The Buddhist priests forced to find faith in internment camps.
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February 11, 2019
Browning Fever
A story of poetic fandom, literary societies, and impenetrable verse.
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February 08, 2019
The Rest Is History
Family trees, ancient sewers and canals, and Dear Abby.
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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.
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.