Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 11, 2025
April 30, 2021
The Rest Is History
Restored appendages, mistaken mummy identities, and old offices.
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April 28, 2021
Weary of Work
Factories produced tired workers. A new frontier in fatigue studies followed.
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April 23, 2021
The Rest Is History
Reclaimed artifacts, an ancient detective, and very old ceilings.
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April 21, 2021
Compiling the Canon
The story of a surprisingly influential sixteenth-century English poetry anthology.
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April 19, 2021
Scattered Exhausted Voices
On the limits, possibilities, and futures in the archive of queer activism.
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April 16, 2021
The Rest Is History
Ancient coronavirus, giraffe-like necks, and medieval dog jobs.
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April 13, 2021
In the Beginning, There Were Taxes
On the historical inevitability of paying the government.
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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.