February 23, 2016
Ghost Words and Mountweazels
The history of reference works also includes the history of errors in such books—some of them intentional.
Read MoreRoundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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February 19, 2016
The Rest Is History
The Pope’s dinner, the oldest dress in the world, and a nineteenth-century poet’s home comes into the twenty-first century.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2016
The Rest Is History
A workout for flappers, the publication history of a cult classic, and the nontraditional author photo.
Read MoreFebruary 05, 2016
The Rest Is History
A nineteenth-century mousetrap, a beloved novel’s anniversary, and why poets make the worst husbands.
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2016
The Rest Is History
Medieval graffiti, breasts of the nineteenth century, and Vladimir Nabokov’s dutiful food log.
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January 22, 2016
The Rest Is History
Prehistoric massacres, the radical women of early Christianity, and eye-rollingly awful similes.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2016
The Rest Is History
Roman toilets, novels about (and for) housewives, and the history of women’s swimming in America.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
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.