January 07, 2019
A Treasure Trove of Labyrinths
Finding the first drafts of ideas in the letters of Guy Davenport, Hugh Kenner, and other writers.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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January 04, 2019
The Rest Is History
The high price of attempting immortality, shutdowns, and the public domain.
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January 02, 2019
Glossary: Night
From arousal disorder to Zeitgebers, the language of the night.
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December 26, 2018
Instead of Writing a Thousand Words, Part Three
A quest for the origins of data journalism.
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December 24, 2018
2018 in Review on Roundtable
A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year.
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December 21, 2018
The Rest Is History
Sleep learning, Viking cat skeletons, and medicinal breast milk.
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Monumental Mistakes
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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
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Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.