November 20, 2018
Oscar Wilde’s Radical Wit
On laughter and thought in the famed writer’s essays.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
November 20, 2018
November 15, 2018
Lost and Found
The author of Bringing Down the Colonel finally meets her subject.
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November 14, 2018
A Skyline Is Born
A history of filmmakers retelling the story of New York’s architecture.
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November 13, 2018
Crossing the Sahara in the Fourteenth Century
How to make the trip from Sijilmasa to Oualata, circa 1352.
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November 09, 2018
The Rest Is History
Mean obituaries, perfect elephants, and saying goodbye to ballots.
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November 08, 2018
Hatred Endorsed by a President
The author of The Latecomers looks at the influence of a movie.
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November 05, 2018
Party Animals
2018:
West Point cadets steal Air Force falcons, cause mayhem.
1916:
Stolen army goat leads to chaos.
October 23, 2018
Knights of the Water Table
2018:
A young girl raises a pre-Viking sword from a lake in Sweden.
1841:
An ancient bronze sword is discovered in an Irish bog.