Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 3, 2025
February 21, 2020
The Rest Is History
Subway carpets, Neanderthal bones, and ancient peer review.
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February 19, 2020
Help Save Your Children
On the Young Lords’ battle against lead poisoning in New York.
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February 07, 2020
The Rest Is History
Deleted archival material, the StairMaster, and a rodeo.
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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.