Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
September 16, 2026
March 30, 2026
William Blake, Remote by the Sea
Can oceanic visions save us from the machines?
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March 06, 2026
The Rest Is History
An ancient kitchen, a bachelor film, and a radical priest.
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March 02, 2026
“And All Being Is Flaming Suffering”
Franz Marc, the Battle of Verdun, and painting as prophecy.
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February 27, 2026
The Rest Is History
A city of ghosts, a lost film, and a real live socialist.
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February 20, 2026
The Rest Is History
Economic populism, slave patrols, and a Committee of Evil Literature.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.