The Public Responsibilities of Known American Poets
Recently, Forbes magazine attempted to measure the effect of Ruth Lilly’s $185 million bequest to the Poetry Foundation. That foundation, which publishes Poetry magazine, claims that it reached 19 million new poetry readers last year. John Barr, its president, a poet...The Great Historian of Culture
A Historian and His World: A Life of Christopher Dawson by Christina Scott. With a new introduction by Russell Kirk, and a postscript by Christopher Dawson: “Memories of a Victorian Childhood.” Transaction Books, New Brunswick, New Jersey, [1984] 1991.Christopher...
Special Offer on the Chesterton Review
Dear Bookman Reader, One of the rare bright spots in contemporary publishing is the prestigious literary and cultural journal The Chesterton Review, now celebrating its 37th anniversary of uninterrupted publication. To honor this milestone, they are pleased to bring...The Quality of Our Imaginations
A conversation with Gary L. Gregg.The University Bookman is pleased to present this interview with Gary L. Gregg, II, who holds the Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership at the University of Louisville, where he directs the McConnell Center. He is the author or editor...
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!