• 27 Mar 2012  culture  Communication Throughout History, From 'Lapham's Quarterly'

In “Means of Communication,” the latest Lapham’s Quarterly, we assembled a Miscellany section on codebreakers, copyeditors, and wicked Bibles. [1 of 3]   today’s Very Short List: culture 27 Mar 2012 by Lewis Lapham, editor and publisher of Lapham’s Quarterly. TWITTER  WEBSITE  TUMBLR Subscribe Forward Share   “Lists of Note” also culls the miscellaneous, unearthing this deconstruction of drunkenness by Thomas Nashe, dating from 1592. [2 of 3]   Police blotters are the ultimate assortment of scenes from the human comedy—best read when recast in the style of Félix Fénéon. [3 of 3]   Images (in order): via Lapham’s Quarterly; Nashe woodcut via Wikimedia Commons; Félix Fénéon by Georges Seurat.		very short list is a delightful e-mail that shares cultural gems from a different curator every day. Subscribe Forward My Account Unsubscribe tech 26 Mar 2012 Nick Crocker On Machine-Made Pop food 23 Mar 2012 If Wes Anderson Directed A Picnic design 22 Mar 2012 Patrick James On Make-Believe Movie Posters

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