Roundtable

Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.

January 07, 2019

Finding the first drafts of ideas in the letters of Guy Davenport, Hugh Kenner, and other writers.

January 04, 2019

The high price of attempting immortality, shutdowns, and the public domain.

January 03, 2019

The quests and trades that flow from the Ganges.

January 02, 2019

From arousal disorder to Zeitgebers, the language of the night.

August 07, 2023

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

2023:

Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.

c. 1945:

Young communists engage in party matchmaking.