Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 16, 2025
April 08, 2020
Walt Whitman’s Gift
His friendship with the Gilchrist family survives in art.
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April 07, 2020
Presidential Approval Rating
George Washington tries to give the public what it wants.
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April 06, 2020
A Revolution of Values
Martin Luther King Jr. proposed a fix for America’s poisoned soul: ending the Vietnam War.
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April 03, 2020
Death and Depravity in Venice
Embracing “the voluptuousness of doom” amid a cholera outbreak.
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March 31, 2020
Trapped on a Ship During a Pandemic
“Either they’ve got no conscience, or they’re not awake to the gravity of the situation.”
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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.