Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 11, 2025
March 01, 2018
Voices in Time: Horror Movie Scene-Setting
The author of High-Risers revisits Candyman.
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February 28, 2018
Serving Tea for a Cause
The kitchenware that helped British women fight against “blood sugar” on the home front.
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February 23, 2018
The Rest Is History
Dreams, misconstrued bear hypotheses, and variations on a secret message.
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February 22, 2018
Voices in Time: Epistolary Activism
An early nineteenth-century feminist fights back against a narrow view of woman’s place in society.
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February 20, 2018
A Hell for Pedestrians and Horses
Remembering a time in cities when all you could hear was the sound of hooves.
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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.