The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Christian Martyrs in the First Islamic States
Jane Peters reviews a book on Christians martyred during the first two centuries of the rise of Islam.
His Old Kentucky Home
Miles Smith welcomes a helpful new political biography of five-time Presidential candidate Henry Clay.
Orpheus Britannicus
R. J. Stove is relieved to welcome Tim Rayborn’s new volume correcting the historical treatment of twentieth-century British music and the English Musical Renaissance.
Percy and the Persistence of Alienation
Emina Melonic reviews a book that finds political application in Walker Percy’s concept of the wayfarer.
When Democracy Came, It Came in a Flurry
John Bicknell reviews a book that fills in our understanding of the new style of presidential campaigning that emerged in the Jacksonian era.
A Desire to Win Well
Daniel N. Gullotta reviews a new study on honor during the time of the American Revolution.
Your Political Opponent Might Be Human
Anthony M. Barr reviews philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s foray into the angry seas of American politics.
A Dreadful Joy Is Conjured
Stephen Schmalhofer reviews the first collection of Russell Kirk’s ghostly tales, The Princess of All Lands.
A Most Hospitable Benedict Option
Gracy Olmstead welcomes Leah Libresco’s practical and inviting new book on living the Benedict Option.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.