http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/ A Magazine of History and Ideas en Copyright 2013 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:37:01 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss On newsstands March 15. Saddle up! Animals, the Spring 2013 issue of Lapham's Quarterly, is galloping onto newsstands on March 15th. It's a veritable circus (and yes, we've got lions, tigers, and bears) http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/events-news/coming-soon-animals.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/events-news/coming-soon-animals.php Events & News Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:37:01 -0500 Historian Paul Collins talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century.. The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins Public Affairs (February 12, 2013) Historian Paul Collins talks with http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-dark-to-light.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-dark-to-light.php Audio & Video Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:30:19 -0500 Author and philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East.. Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East by Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels Polity (November 28, 2012) Author and philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen talks with http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-middle-ground.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-middle-ground.php Audio & Video Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:02:12 -0500 John Glassie uncovers the strange life and works of 17th-century scientist and nutball Athanasius Kircher in his new book, A Man of Misconceptions.. Aidan Flax-Clark talks to author John Glassie about his book A Man of Misconceptions, which chronicles the odd pursuits of 17th-century scientist and nutball Athanasius Kircher, the misguided decoder of http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/lq-podcast-36-athanasius-kircher-john-glassie.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/lq-podcast-36-athanasius-kircher-john-glassie.php Audio & Video Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:40:44 -0500 John Cooper talks with Lewis Lapham about his book The Queen's Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham and the Rise of Espionage in Elizabethan England. . The Queen's Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham and the Rise of Espionage in Elizabethan England by John Cooper Pegasus (February 13, 2013) John Cooper talks with Lewis Lapham about Elizabeth I http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-spy-games.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-spy-games.php Audio & Video Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:19:36 -0500 Paul Kennedy talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War.. Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy Allen Lane (January 29, 2013) Author Paul Kennedy talks with Lewis Lapham http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-engineering-victory.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-engineering-victory.php Audio & Video Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:35:39 -0500 Jonathan Jones talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel That Defined the Renaissance.. The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel That Defined the Renaissance by Jonathan Jones Knopf (October 23, 2012) Jonathan Jones talks with Lewis Lapham about the artistic rivalry http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-the-lost-battles.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/the-world-in-time-the-lost-battles.php Audio & Video Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:25:28 -0500 Amidst all the award-season hubbub, here are a few performances from last year you might have missed, with readings and songs by Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Maude Maggart, Brian D'Arcy James, and Ari Graynor.. LQ had some great parties last year, and some incredible performances at them. Check out the highlights, with songs and readings by Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Maude Maggart, Colin Donnell, http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/lq-podcast-35-anne-hathaway-oliver-platt-maude-maggart-and-more.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/audio-video/lq-podcast-35-anne-hathaway-oliver-platt-maude-maggart-and-more.php Audio & Video Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:01:58 -0500 by Lewis H. Lapham. To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/preamble/alms-for-oblivion.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/preamble/alms-for-oblivion.php Preamble Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:16:06 -0500 c. 1867 / Paris. One should always be drunk. That’s the great thing, the only question. 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Last season was a strange one in my garden, notable not only for the unseasonably cool and wet weather—the talk of gardeners all over New England—but also for its http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/michael-pollan-bleeds-a-poppy.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/michael-pollan-bleeds-a-poppy.php Voices in Time Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:48:21 -0500 1919 / Atlanta. Operator No. 259, November 7 John Willie Right is a blockade runner, and he supplies a lot of peddlers with whiskey. He has a large car and brings whiskey http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/progress-report.php http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/progress-report.php Voices in Time Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:15:40 -0500 1861 / Amherst, MA. I taste a liquor never brewed— From Tankards scooped in Pearl— Not all the Frankfort Berries Yield such an Alcohol! 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