Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 14, 2025
July 15, 2016
The Rest Is History
The travels of the Bastille key, a Biblical cemetery, and the spirit world.
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July 08, 2016
The Rest Is History
A collection of cosmetics, a deadly fireworks display, and new affection for a cantankerous writer.
Read MoreJuly 01, 2016
The Rest Is History
Dirty streets, flirtatious grandmothers, and romantic poems.
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June 28, 2016
Boswell’s Jubilee
Against the backdrop of the 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee, James Boswell’s willpower is tested.
Read MoreJune 24, 2016
The Rest Is History
A house haunted by guilt, the everyday use of critical theory, and arguing about poetry.
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The Rest Is History
A forgotten artist gets her due, the finances of Jorge Luis Borges, and getting in shape the medieval way.
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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.