The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Federalism Against the Slave Power
Carl Lawrence Paulus looks at lessons for today from a new history of abolition as an organized movement of political protest.
Lincoln, Burke, and the Politics of Prudence
Kyle Sammin reviews a book that makes a case for a common thread between Burke and Lincoln.
Sacrificial Crisis
Trevor C. Merrill reviews the new play from Will Arbery.
‘Out of the Silent Planet’ and a New Era of Science Fiction
John Tuttle discusses the first of C. S. Lewis’s science fiction novels in its publishing context.
The Age of Addiction
Gerald J. Russello reviews a book on the cultivation of consumer desire and its discontents.
Fortunate Naivety
Matthew Loftus looks at a new biography of the sustainable radical, Jean Vanier.
Taking Serious Poetry Seriously
J. L. Wall welcomes a book on theological work done through the poetry of Eliot, Jones, and Auden.
Longing for Home
Henry George welcomes Anthony Esolen’s take on nostalgia. The longing to go home is also the longing to not find oneself alone.
The Cost of Cultural Free-Riders
Dan Hammond suggests that a rather gloomy book on economics and morality is still worth your time.
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