Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 2, 2025
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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March 30, 2020
Editorial Visions
When editors believed their magazines could change lives.
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March 27, 2020
The Rest Is History
Plagues from the past, female fiends, and a messy poet.
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March 26, 2020
Emergency Medical Services
George Eliot’s Romola finds meaning amid suffering.
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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.