Rilke & Paul Valéry The Culturium on Rainer Maria Rilke's Testament (& Other Texts) : "At its core, The Testament is an ars poetica for the creative life, whereby the writer’s noble and ultimate task is to serve the invisible, his work therefore embodying a revelation of the words of the divine." Read the full piece here (11.2.2025). Book synopsis and free excerpt here . Forthcoming December 4, 2025.

Paris at night, Brassai Peter Thompson on Léon-Paul Fargue's High Solitude : "The strange quiddity of Fargue’s Paris—his favorite nooks and disparate, radiant objects—has come through with his exact emphasis: sometimes as plain apparition, sometimes with inexplicable tenderness—even a sense of loss. The “high solitude” that results is the pluperfect intimacy, that is, Fargue’s own. It is unlike certain others: the lyrical intimacy of the Romantics, the analytical intimacy of Proust, the...

As we look forward toward the next 15 years, we look back toward the previous 15... For a short précis on some of our accomplishments...