Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 18, 2025
February 12, 2018
Pacific Passages
How native Hawaiians traversed the cosmos—then lost their way in translation.
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February 09, 2018
The Rest Is History
Celebrity library patrons, lasers, and complicated creatures.
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February 08, 2018
Voices in Time: “I Couldn’t Take It Anymore”
The author of A More Beautiful and Terrible History shares writing from Rosa Parks.
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February 05, 2018
An Agent of Enlightenment
The business of books in 1778 France, as seen by a sales representative for a Swiss publishing house.
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February 02, 2018
The Rest Is History
Almanacs to consult, gasp-worthy correspondence, and a tapestry travel guide.
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February 01, 2018
Mastering the Art of Classical Greek Cooking
Including tips for making your own fish sauce.
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January 30, 2018
Voices in Time: Lost-Cause Liberals
The author of Loaded looks at The Band.
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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.