Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 19, 2025
November 18, 2016
The Rest Is History
A bed for everyone, a saucy prime minister, and an archetype reconsidered.
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November 16, 2016
The Genius and the Laborer
The troubled friendship of Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky.
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November 14, 2016
Making Herstory
The past, present, and future of the Lesbian Herstory Archives.
Read MoreNovember 11, 2016
The Rest Is History
Think twice about using history as a salve, marvel at the computers of the past, and cover everything in butter.
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November 09, 2016
The Mirror Effect
How the rise of mirrors in the fifteenth century shaped our idea of the individual.
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November 07, 2016
A Brief History of Medical Cannibalism
Curing what ails us with mummy, blood jam, and human fat.
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The Rest Is History
How van Gogh lost his ear, how umpires get dressed, and how windows are taking over the world.
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November 01, 2016
Fall Classic
Never mind the Nobel—Philip Roth has already written the great American novel.
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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.
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.