February 01, 2023
Dictating the Desert
Plants and settlers take root in a new mythology of Arizona.
Read MoreRoundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
February 4, 2023
February 03, 2023
The Rest Is History
The ancient skeptics, the memory of water, and treasures in a bathhouse drain.
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January 27, 2023
The Rest Is History
A pigeon problem, respecting mummies, and the pickup truck.
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January 25, 2023
The First Ordinary Woman in English Literature
The life and legacy of the Wife of Bath.
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January 20, 2023
The Rest Is History
Mammoth bones, a plant-based pith helmet, and sun-dried tomatoes.
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January 18, 2023
The Medieval Belly Fat Diet
Want to be called beautiful by a twelfth-century writer? Eat sweets and be rich.
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January 13, 2023
The Rest Is History
Fast food, paintings of hair, and a message in a bottle.
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January 11, 2023
Pressured to Leave
Black refugees’ journey from Virginia to Boston after the Civil War.
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September 28, 2022
Dance Battle
2022:
Ukrainian DJs defend their country at the club.
c. 1770:
American women declare their patriotism on the dance floor.
September 08, 2022
Home Secretary
2022:
A cabinet holdover greets yet another prime minister.
1022:
A noble pet listens and offers counsel.