March 04, 2016
The Rest Is History
A Big Basket of a building, Mark Twain’s ghost writes a book, and bringing Prohibition back.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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February 26, 2016
The Rest Is History
An unexpected romantic hero, a haunted bookshop, and dogs on the move.
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February 24, 2016
MFA vs. CIA
A writer considers an alternate life as an undercover agent.
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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 MoreFebruary 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.
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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.