July 03, 2023
Ignorant, Pigheaded, and Perverse
Brenda Wineapple and Lewis H. Lapham review the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 4, 2023
June 30, 2023
The Rest is History
Folk etymologies, guilty pleasures, and an ancient fruit pizza.
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June 16, 2023
The Rest is History
Toxic boyfriends, cottagecore, and a wandering courtyard.
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June 12, 2023
National Treasure
How the tea utensils used by early modern practitioners of chanoyu became a tool of Japanese nationalism.
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June 09, 2023
The Rest is History
Fascist architecture, Ethiopian manuscripts, and stolen coins.
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June 08, 2023
She Measures the Heavens and Outlines the Earth
Enheduanna and the night sky.
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June 07, 2023
The Oldest Maps in the World
On the marks ancient people left on rocks and walls.
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May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.