Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 13, 2025
May 08, 2023
The Language of Existence
Hubert Aquin’s writing articulated the struggle for Québec’s identity—and his own.
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May 03, 2023
The Sheer Teeming Multiplicity and Variety of It All
The life and work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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May 01, 2023
The Socialist Calculation Debate
On the consequences of an obscure economic quarrel.
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April 28, 2023
The Rest Is History
Parking lots, the first baby monitor, and healthy wine.
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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.