Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 26, 2025
February 24, 2023
The Rest Is History
Horrible human tendencies, an ancient flush toilet, and the weekend.
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February 21, 2023
A Little Madly
Nineteenth-century Paris turned the “hysterical” women of the Salpêtrière into a spectacle that found a place on the stage of the Moulin Rouge.
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February 17, 2023
The Rest Is History
Dignity, the Hollywood sign, and a huge number of aphrodisiacs.
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February 15, 2023
A Wiser Sympathy
How Emily Dickinson, scientists, and other writers theorized plant intelligence in the nineteenth century.
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February 10, 2023
The Rest Is History
Gas stoves, metal detectors, and a collection of letters scratched out in unusual symbols.
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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.