Arts & Culture

Ishiguro “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”—just like a villain from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

A classic essay on the importance of journalistic standards and the role of editors in establishing and maintaining them. Illuminating for writers, editors, and anyone who appreciates the written word.

Robin Field presents the full text of his philosophic oratorio, Reason in Rhyme, which he composed in the 1970s and performed in song and piano throughout the ’80s and ’90s. Enjoy!

Enjoy these soul-fueling works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John James Ingalls, Andrew Marvell, Edward Rowland Sill, Gaius Valerius Catullus, Charlotte Brontë, and Berton Braley.

Poems on the theme of independence, by William Ernest Henley, Henry Lawson, Edgar Guest, Badger Clark, Ralph Chaplin, Dale Wimbrow, and Robert Burns.

Joseph Kellard reviews Seeing Central Park: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Greatest Urban Park, by Sara Cedar Miller.

Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera, by Ron Schick; reviewed by Daniel Wahl.

Robin Field discusses his decades in the performing arts, Objectivism, how Ayn Rand literally saved his life, Reason in Rhyme, and what he’s up to today.

Timothy Sandefur masterfully examines and explicates several poems by A. E. Stallings, Stephen Kampa, and Richard Wilbur.

Daniel Wahl reviews The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection, by Michael Ruhlman.