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

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

Web Essays

Gilded Guilt

On Taylor Swift, Julian Fellowes, and the class conflicts that never die

Tuning Up

The Heart of the Matter

A new cardiovascular drug may be revolutionary, but what we really need is more quality time with our doctors

Asturias Days

Summer Soldier

Read Me a Poem

“The Temple Road” by Lynette Roberts

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Next Line, Please

Resolutions or Regrets

Smarty Pants Podcast

What We Talk About When We Talk About Prehistory

Stefanos Geroulanos on how the deep past is used for political ends

Tuning Up

Too HIP to Be Square

Wagner’s Ring on period instruments?

Asturias Days

Buli

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