Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 7, 2025
November 02, 2022
Vast and Innumerable Throngs of the Ancient Dead
A medieval account of Egyptian burial practices and tomb robbers.
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October 21, 2022
The Rest Is History
A star map, a vast network of spies, and the personal essay.
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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.