October 26, 2018
The Rest Is History
Fake scrolls, shiny bronze statues, and green bean casserole.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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October 25, 2018
Border Fears
The author of The Injustice Never Leaves You traces the path of militarization and fear along the Rio Grande.
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October 24, 2018
One of the Greatest of His Time
Meet Sergei Shchukin, Moscow’s famous collector of impressionists.
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October 23, 2018
Prophets of War
Telegraph operators were the first to know news of the Civil War.
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October 22, 2018
Pride and Prejudice in Tangier
Expats and locals debate how to live in a literary destination that was already a home before the writers came to town.
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October 18, 2018
The Story of a “Rescue”
The author of The Removes introduces Cynthia Ann Parker.
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October 15, 2018
Glossary: Rivalry & Feud
From acrimony to wrath, the language of resentment.
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August 07, 2023
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.