Christmas comes early! The newest issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, Family, is now online and in bookstores. This issue includes:

—Jane Austen’s sisterly gossip
—Charles Dickens unhappy in his marriage
—Jim Jones tending his flock
—Michelangelo’s spat with his father
—New essays from Anne Fadiman, Philip Connors and many others.

Why not give a gift subscription to your own family members this holiday? Just tell them to skip over the texts about incest.