Letters of a Literary Legend
The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom Edited by Heather Cass White. Yale University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 248 pages, $30. Reviewed by Oliver Spivey. Harold Bloom (1930-2019), with his preternaturally expansive intellect, stocked with...
Shakespeare and the Art of Reading
Shakespeare’s Scholars: Three Lessons From the Liberal Arts By Sean Keilen. Princeton University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 184 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. “What we need are places, i.e., a table with some chairs around it, in which we can learn again to...
A Collection of Children’s Stories That Transcends the Usual Fare
Sir Biscuit Butterworth and Other Short Stories, Poems, and Fables By Paul Krause. Resource Publications, 2026. Paperback, 66 pages, $9. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat. These days, turning kids into readers during the formative years of elementary school is a real...
The Brothers Stuart and the Rise of Protestant England
Charles II By Hilaire Belloc. Mysterium Press, 2026. Hardcover, 252 pages, $24.95. James II By Hilaire Belloc. Mysterium Press, 2026. Hardcover, 264 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Thomas Banks. Hilaire Belloc penned an impressive cycle of historical biographies,...
The Fog of the American War for Independence
War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution By Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin. Osprey Publishing, 2025. Hardcover, 288 pages, $32. Reviewed by Gil Barndollar. Amid tepid national fairs, cinematic slop, and sporting exits, America is...
“To Think Faith” as Educators
Everyday Christian Teaching: A Guide to Practicing Faith in the Classroom By David I. Smith. Eerdmans, 2025. Paperback, 227 pages, $22.99. Reviewed by Christine Norvell. In my public high school classes, I rarely knew why I was learning what I was. It didn’t occur...
Every Educational Bureaucracy is Unhappy in Its Own Way
American Trojan: Leadership, Resilience, and the Renewal of Higher Education By C.L. Max Nikias. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 552 pages, $39.99. Reviewed by Christopher R. Green. Max Nikias’s memoir of his career, especially his time as president at USC, is...
The Problems of American Higher Education
Higher Education in America: It’s Worse Than You Think Edited by Kevin D. Roberts with an introduction and conclusion by Christopher F. Rufo. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 308 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Nathaniel Urban. Sometimes, a title speaks for itself. Kevin...
Eugene Volokh Awarded 2026 Richard D. McLellan Prize for Advancing Free Speech and Expression
Eugene Volokh Awarded 2026 Richard D. McLellan Prize for Advancing Free Speech and Expression The Richard D. McLellan Prizes is pleased to announce today that Eugene Volokh, an influential legal scholar and fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University), has...
Techne and Themis in History
The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe By Walter A. McDougall. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 466 pages, $38. Reviewed by Michael Federici. In an era when so many aspects of life are being consolidated, it is refreshing and encouraging to...
Have you read Russell Kirk’s fiction? My dad used to joke that ppl thought there must be two different authors by the same name—one who wrote serious political tomes and the other who wrote supernatural fiction. Story offer below.
What is is like to visit the home of the traditional conservative movement in America?
@mich_enjoyer recently visited the Kirk Center in Mecosta and offers an immersive look at the grounds and ongoing programming of the @KirkCenter.