Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 29, 2025
November 17, 2017
The Rest Is History
Tunnels, tents, and little tea parties on the prairie.
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November 15, 2017
Rosebud Murraye v. “New Slavery”
Segregation in Woodrow Wilson’s Washington.
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November 13, 2017
How to Treat a Common Scold
A history of sending women to court for the crime of having opinions.
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November 10, 2017
The Rest Is History
Paint-splattered exoskeletons, permanent biography protagonists, and permafrost pandemic panic.
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November 08, 2017
Reach Out and Touch Faith
On venerating Uncle Vincent and the saints who can never be saints.
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November 03, 2017
The Rest Is History
Body types, bodice rippers, and a collection of cryptozoologists.
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November 01, 2017
The Prehistory of Music
A conversation on the deep history of humans and music with Gary Tomlinson, author of A Million Years of Music.
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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.