Though the 1800s are often portrayed in a sentimental way, they were actually so messy and contradictory that our modern world is still feeling the ripple effects. If, as the adage goes, “History is written by the victors,” Mandylion Press seeks out the voices of history’s losers. The Mandylion version of the 19th century focuses not on narratives of progress, but on the period’s failed revolutions, forgotten cultural detritus, and faded figures. In a conversation moderated by the press’s founders Mabel Capability Taylor and Madeline Porsella, a panel of writers and scholars will consider how the 19th century’s unrealized possibilities and unresolved tensions might offer new ways of thinking about our own historical moment.