Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 18, 2025
March 17, 2020
The First Lady of American Journalism
Dorothy Thompson finds a room of her own.
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March 16, 2020
Significant Life Event
How midlife crises—and menopause—came to be defined by the experience of men.
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March 12, 2020
Remember You Will Be Buried
Tracing the American cemetery from the colonial age to the Gilded Age.
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March 10, 2020
Meditations on The Confessions of Nat Turner
A reconsideration of William Styron’s novel and its critics.
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March 05, 2020
Love in a Cold Climate
On James Clark Ross’ trips to the ends of the earth.
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March 04, 2020
The Science of Abolition
On Hosea Easton’s and David Walker’s attempts to debunk scientific racism.
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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.