January 10, 2018
Glossary: States of Mind
From addlepate to verklempt, the language of the mind.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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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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January 05, 2018
The Rest Is History
Marx, barely readable history, and the suppression of lightning.
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January 04, 2018
William James Makes a Lesson Plan for Himself
Before he could help others, he needed to find his own direction.
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January 03, 2018
Lewis Lapham Reads “The Enchanted Loom”
Listen to the preamble to States of Mind, the Winter 2018 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly.
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December 27, 2017
“Better Than a Lazy American Husband”
How the exploitation of Chinese men in nineteenth-century America was naturalized.
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December 22, 2017
The Rest Is History
Holly Hunter’s journalistic legacy, female Santa Clauses, and fragrance futurists.
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December 20, 2017
David King and the Ghosts in the Image Factory
Thinking about the influential graphic designer after his death.
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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.