Lapham's Quarterly

Lapham's Quarterly Lapham's Quarterly is a magazine edited by Lewis Lapham.

Listen to the latest episode of the podcast with Daniel Mendelsohn‬ — plus archival audio of Lewis H. Lapham talking abo...
07/18/2025

Listen to the latest episode of the podcast with Daniel Mendelsohn‬ — plus archival audio of Lewis H. Lapham talking about his childhood reading of Moby-Dick.

The latest episode of The World in Time.

Read Justin Smith-Ruiu on nature, grace, and history.
07/15/2025

Read Justin Smith-Ruiu on nature, grace, and history.

On nature, grace, and history.

Read a poem from Rachel Richardson.
07/13/2025

Read a poem from Rachel Richardson.

A poem from Smother.

This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn revisits the topics of Intoxication (Winter 2012) and Disaster (Spring 2016).
07/11/2025

This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn revisits the topics of Intoxication (Winter 2012) and Disaster (Spring 2016).

The latest episode of The World in Time.

“Mr. Clemens, you have been guest of Emperors and Princes and Presidents and Magnates and Artists and—“Yes,” he broke in...
07/10/2025

“Mr. Clemens, you have been guest of Emperors and Princes and Presidents and Magnates and Artists and—

“Yes,” he broke in with a quizzical smile “and of boarding house keepers!”

Read a long-lost obituary of Mark Twain.

A long-lost obituary of Mark Twain.

While researching his essay “Twain Dreams: The Enigma of Samuel Clemens,” John Jeremiah Sullivan found a lost story Mark...
07/08/2025

While researching his essay “Twain Dreams: The Enigma of Samuel Clemens,” John Jeremiah Sullivan found a lost story Mark Twain had written in 1865 while reporting for the Territorial Enterprise. Read it here.

A lost passage, now found.

This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn hosts a two-part episode all about Mark Twain.
07/04/2025

This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn hosts a two-part episode all about Mark Twain.

The latest episode of The World in Time.

When Achilles had his fill of griefAnd the aching sorrow left his heart,He rose from his chair and lifted the old manBy ...
07/03/2025

When Achilles had his fill of grief
And the aching sorrow left his heart,
He rose from his chair and lifted the old man
By his hand, pitying his white hair and beard.
And his words enfolded him like wings:

“Ah, the suffering you’ve had, and the courage.
To come here alone to the Greek ships
And meet my eye, the man who slaughtered
Your many fine sons! You have a heart of iron.
But come, sit on this chair.

A reading in memory of Lewis H. Lapham.

In this diary, originally published in Strangers Guide, Anastasia Stanko documents both experiences—that of a war corres...
07/02/2025

In this diary, originally published in Strangers Guide, Anastasia Stanko documents both experiences—that of a war correspondent clad in a flak jacket eluding drones, and that of a parent raising a child in a time of war.

A reading from Strangers Guide.

On that very first day of work, Lewis took me out, first to a party at André Schiffrin’s penthouse apartment, where he i...
06/30/2025

On that very first day of work, Lewis took me out, first to a party at André Schiffrin’s penthouse apartment, where he introduced me to Joan Didion before slipping out to a late dinner at Elaine’s. Here we sat at what Lewis assured me was the best table in the house. Within minutes the grande dame herself, Elaine, plopped down at our table with a tremendous sigh, as if we were just the port in the storm she’d been waiting for. An endless stream of people dropped by to say hello or to drink or to argue politics late into the night. I was accustomed to a very different crowd—those of small leftist magazines and the New School philosophy graduate students.

“Where am I?” I wondered. “What have I just signed on to?”

In memory of Lewis H. Lapham.

This week on the podcast, we focus on the making of our first issue, States of War.
06/27/2025

This week on the podcast, we focus on the making of our first issue, States of War.

The latest episode of The World in Time.

“The story of my writing life has two parts: before and after Lewis Lapham.”
06/26/2025

“The story of my writing life has two parts: before and after Lewis Lapham.”

In memory of Lewis H. Lapham.

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