Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 11, 2025
October 22, 2021
The Rest Is History
Old ghosts, old horses, and new histories of the American Revolution.
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October 15, 2021
The Rest Is History
Ancient flow, the paper dress, and declaring victory.
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October 14, 2021
Not Belonging to the World
Hannah Arendt holds firm during the McCarthy era.
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October 13, 2021
Save the Scribe
On the blessed purpose of the women who worked with medieval manuscripts.
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October 08, 2021
The Rest Is History
A spirit mirror, a toilet goddess, and squabbling sibling planets.
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October 06, 2021
Whose Homer Is It Anyway?
Creating a composite character out of depictions of the ancient poet.
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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.