Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2011: Lines Of Work Pt. II of II

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, History] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Spring 2011: Lines Of Work.] A review continued.  Read PT. I for a smoother segue. Click pictures for full view. Thorstein Veblen (Theory of …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2011: Lines Of Work Pt. I of II

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, History] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Spring 2011: Lines Of Work.] A review. (Click pictures for full view.) Lines Of Work.  Jobs.  Earning a living, a livelihood, food on the …

Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2010: The City

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Fall 2010: The City.] A review.  Here in winter 2017 I'm two issues short of having read every Lapham's Quarterly since its inception with Winter …

Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2016: Flesh

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Fall 2016: Flesh.] In it's nine year, 36 issue history L.Q. has an issue titled EROS (Winter 2009) but not one titled SEX.  How will …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2016: Luck (Pt. III and last)

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Summer 2016: Luck.] A review concluded. The Further Remarks: Essays section, Conversations, Miscellany, and Glossary remain after the main body Voices in Time.  There are …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2016: Luck (Pt. I of several)

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Summer 2016: Luck.] A review. As luck would have it I received this issue just a day after guessing I would receive it soon. How …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Sports & Games, Pt. III of III

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Sports] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Spring 2010: Sports & Games.] [Banner of rower from L.Q.'s beautiful web page on Sports & Games.] A review concluded. The Further Remarks section …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Sports & Games, Pt. II of III

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Sports] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Spring 2010: Sports & Games.] A review continued. Habeas Corpus.   According to Wikipedia and Merriam-Webster this is Medieval Latin meaning literally "You may have the …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2010: Sports & Games, Pt. I of III

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Sports] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, art, and banner are all from L.Q. Summer  2010: Sports & Games.] A review. Consider if you will (thank you Rod Serling.)  It is Summer of the year …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2016: Disaster

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures are from L.Q. Spring  2016.] A review, or a preview perhaps.  Reader's choice.  I get a lot of value from every issue of Lapham's.  This issue was no exception. …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Arts & Letters Pt. III and last

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos taken legally (no flash!) by me.] A review, continued and concluded.  It is hidden among the photos of my recent visit to the DAM (Denver Art Museum).  The L.Q. …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Arts & Letters Pt. II

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos taken legally (no flash!) by me, most at The Ringling in Sarasota FL.] A review, continued. Following John Ruskin's advice in the first part of this review of "looking intensely …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Arts & Letters Pt. I

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos taken legally (no flash!) by me, most at the Art Institute of Chicago or The Ringling] A review. L.Q. is not one to shy from broad topics such as …

Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2016: Spies

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures are from L.Q. Winter 2016] Lewis, Lewis, Lewis.  (Lapham of course.)  Reviewing your paltry (smiley here) literary and history journal is like listening to a broken record.  (If the …

Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2015: Fashion

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures courtesy L.Q. Fall 2015] Is 'Fashion' a suitable topic for such an insightful publication as L.Q.?  I was skeptical when I received my issue.  They must be taking a break …

Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2010: Religion

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Religion] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, art, and banner all from L.Q. Winter 2010: Religion.] To my surprise I enjoyed this issue, though I wouldn't normally read about religion other than what I'm assaulted …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2015: Philanthropy

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures courtesy L.Q. Summer 2015] What a great issue.  This is exactly what Lapham's Quarterly is all about.  It is food and feast for thought.  I'm confident that Man (and Woman) …

Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2009: Medicine

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Medicine] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, art, and banner fro L.Q. Fall 2009: Medicine.] Medicine.  Published Fall 2009 but current in that it spans over 2,000 years of thought on the subject. It's coincidental …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2015: Swindle & Fraud

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All pictures courtesy L.Q.] LITERATURE!  It's what's for dinner.  And breakfast and lunch.  What better on which to feast than fragments of thought and insight from great thinkers throughout history.  Yes, they …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2009: Travel

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Travel, Photography, Travel Photography] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos are mine, L.Q. cover courtesy L.Q.] A mix of travel literature and photography.  Hopefully one or the other will be appealing. I trust Travel will be …