The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
A Plutarchian Life of Brown and Lincoln
Carl Rollyson reviews H. W. Brands’s The Zealot and the Emancipator.
The Clandestine Poet
Alfred Nicol reviews In Code, new poetry by Maryann Corbett.
Delaware’s Civilian Conservation Corps and the Advent of an Artist
In this excerpt from his new book, William F. Meehan III tells the story of painter Jack Lewis and the Depression-era CCC in Delaware.
Burke’s Defense of Natural Rights and the Limits of Political Power
Bruce P. Frohnen looks at Burke’s real support for natural rights.
The Civil Tongue
Dan Rattelle reviews Wonder and Wrath by A. M. Juster.
Why, and How, to Live
Jeffrey Folks reviews Leon Kass’s Leading a Worthy Life.
The Cost of a Global Revolution
Casey Chalk reviews Alexander Mikaberidze’s new history of The Napoleonic Wars.
Can Whimsy Save the Small-Town Novel?
Matt Miller reviews Virgil Wander, the new novel by Lief Enger.
Voting the Bible
Jason Jewell reviews Tremper Longman’s The Bible and the Ballot.
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