July 16, 2018
Judged by Its Covers
Looking back at the design of the African Writers Series.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 17, 2018
July 13, 2018
The Rest Is History
A Victorian photo shoot, the big pyramids you’d expect, and the dancing plague.
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July 12, 2018
Who Could Ever Love the River Now?
Photographs of the history of the water of Flint—and what is left out.
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July 11, 2018
What Lies Beneath Lake Oahe
Looking at the past from the shores of Standing Rock.
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July 04, 2018
The Literary Instigator of the American Resistance
Thomas Paine writes a letter.
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July 03, 2018
Armani in America
Looking back on American Gigolo, a love story about a wardrobe.
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April 25, 2018
He Just Doesn’t Like the Word “No”
2018:
A twelve-year-old steals his parents’ credit card and gets on a plane to Bali.
1723:
Seventeen-year-old Ben Franklin runs away on a boat and ends up in Philadelphia.
April 13, 2018
Remains of the Strays
2018:
The body of a poet is found in a sunless cellar.
1674:
The young royals wronged by Richard III are found under a staircase.