My posts on LAPHAM’S QUARTERLY

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review  ] This is a reference list I update each time I summarize an issue. It is listed in descending order by issue publication date. After that it is in descending chronological order of the reading and reviewing, newest at the top, oldest at the bottom. It took until Spring …

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 …

Hamilton has arrived, Pt. II 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. Hamilton] I said this special issue from Lapham's Quarterly about Alexander Hamilton is going to be good and it is, or was.   I read the issue in the space …

Hamilton has arrived, 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.] [L.Q. cover and art from L.Q. Hamilton and Lewis Lapham's Age of Folly] Alexander Hamilton. The Founding Father. Not the current hip-hop play/musical that has Broadway agog and gaga, though said musical is mentioned in …

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) …