Lapham’s Quarterly
Lapham’s Quarterly is a magazine of history and ideas founded and edited by Lewis H. Lapham.
All Writing
Roundtable
2021 in Review on Roundtable
The sixteen most read essays and excerpts on Lapham’s Quarterly’s website this year. More
Roundtable
2020 in Review on Roundtable
A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year. More
Roundtable
In Memory of Arthur Yorke Allen
Allen was a director of the American Agora Foundation, the publisher of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Roundtable
Prizewinning Top Sellers
Since 1918 only seven Pulitzer Prize–winning novels have also been Publishers Weekly’s best-selling novel of the year. More
Roundtable
2019 in Review on Roundtable
A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year. More
Roundtable
“The Earth Is Our Existence”
Readings from the past, from people worried there wouldn’t be a future. More
Roundtable
Season Three of The World in Time
Announcing a new season of the Lapham’s Quarterly podcast. More
Roundtable
2018 in Review on Roundtable
A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year. More
Roundtable
Donovan Hohn Reads “Watermarks”
Listen to the preamble to Water, the Summer 2018 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Roundtable
Lewis Lapham Reads “Due Process”
Listen to the preamble to Rule of Law, the Spring 2018 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Roundtable
Lewis Lapham Reads “The Enchanted Loom”
Listen to the preamble to States of Mind, the Winter 2018 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Roundtable
The Rest Is History
Dancing girls, ancient lentils, and Sylvia Plath goes to college. More
Roundtable
Lewis Lapham Reads “’Round Midnight”
Listen to the preamble to Music, the Fall 2017 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Roundtable
Lewis Lapham Reads “Petrified Forest”
Listen to the preamble to Fear, the Summer 2017 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. More
