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Lewis Lapham at his desk

Lewis H. Lapham

Black and white photograph of English poet and librarian Philip Larkin.

Philip Larkin

(1922 - 1985)

Longus

(c. 180 - c. 230)

American writer Phillip Lopate.

Phillip Lopate

Engraving of Greek satirist Lucian.

Lucian

(125 - c. 180)

Engraving of a bust of Lucretius.

Lucretius

(c. 95 BC - c. 50 BC)

Black and white photograph of German novelist and essayist Thomas Mann.

Thomas Mann

(1875 - 1955)

Andrew Marvell

(1621 - 1678)

American musician Charles Mingus.

Charles Mingus

(1922 - 1979)

black and white pencil drawing of Moliere in an ornate frame

Molière

(1622 - 1673)

Oil painting portrair Michel de Montaigne in red robes and white collar

Michel de Montaigne

(1533 - 1592)

Photograph of Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

(1899 - 1977)

French general and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte

(1769 - 1821)

Anaïs Nin

(1903 - 1977)

Black and white engraving of Roman poet Ovid in profile.

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Photograph of American novelist and writer Flannery O’Connor.

Flannery O’Connor

(1925 - 1964)

Black and white engraving of Roman author Petronius.

Gaius Petronius Arbiter

(c. 27 - 66)

Depiction of Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato

(c. 427 BC - c. 347 BC)

Procopius

(c. 490 - c. 562)

Photograph of American writer Francine Prose.

Francine Prose

Annie Proulx

Painting of François Rabelais.

François Rabelais

(1494 - 1553)

Austro-German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Rainer Maria Rilke

(1875 - 1926)

William Rosen