Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 2, 2025
November 04, 2019
Look Before You Leap
Seeing what’s right in front of us in portraits from the past.
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November 01, 2019
The Rest Is History
An anti-witchcraft potion, a laundry ghost, and wine for all.
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October 31, 2019
This Is the End of the Earth
On the death of John Quincy Adams and legacies far too big to fit comfortably.
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October 29, 2019
The Royal Image Goes Pear-Shaped
How caricaturing the powerful led to political censorship in France.
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October 28, 2019
Gold Diggers on Camera
Creating the myth of the gold rush with the help of daguerreotypists.
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October 24, 2019
The Pipe Holds Them All Together
The myths and truths of the Black Hills—and the past and present of the Lakota people.
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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.