SPOTLIGHT

Your Perspective or Mine?

A brief history of subjectivity

By Arthur Krystal Thursday, March 12, 2026

SPOTLIGHT

Your Perspective or Mine?

A brief history of subjectivity

By Arthur Krystal Thursday, March 12, 2026

Shelf Life

Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

A video teaser for Alan Walker’s new biography

Measure by Measure

A Requiem of One’s Own

Stravinsky’s late 12-tone masterpiece

Editors’ Picks

Professor Raskolnikov at the Lectern

14 fictional characters who wouldn’t do anything by the book

View from Rue Saint-Georges

Checkmate

In chess, as in life, there are no guarantees

Next Line, Please

“What’s in a Name?”

Book Reviews

The Death of Innocents

A look at the silent suffering of those caught in the crossfire

Portrait of the Artist

Erika Huddleston

Meditative Studies

Asturias Days

El Cabo de Año

Smarty Pants Podcast

Weirdo Capital of the West

The fantastical saga of Oklahoma City

Asturias Days

Spinning a Web

Read Me a Poem

“In Love You Rise” by Ibrahim Nasrallah

Poems read aloud, beautifully 

Portrait of the Artist

Jane Swavely

Chance elements

Smarty Pants Podcast

Eulogy for a Yenta

Jordy Rosenberg on his new novel, Night Night Fawn

Book Reviews

An American Prophet of the Natural World

Celebrating the magical mundane

Asturias Days

The Path

Read Me a Poem

“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Cover Story

On the Trail of Jeremiah

Robert Redford, the lure of the West, and the art of getting away

Book Reviews

The Minotaur’s Muses

The romantic cruelty of a brilliant artist

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