The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Sophomore Inclinations and the Research University
Pavlos Papadopoulos welcomes a new book tracing the rise of the research university as our dominant educational model.
Framing a Life in Liberal Learning
Weronika Janczuk reviews the memoirs of Francis Oakley of Williams College.
A New Apologetic
Casey Chalk reviews a new book of apologetics from David G. Bonagura, Jr.
The Lost Futures of Mark Fisher
Ben Sixsmith reviews a collection from the late British underground theorist Mark Fisher.
The Doctor’s Mask, Removed
Jacob Bruggeman reviews an anesthesiologist’s thoughtful memoirs.
Like a Jazz Score: The Sense for Life
Pedro Blas González reflects on life and jazz in the postmodern world.
Nothing More to Prove
Carl Rollyson reviews the second volume of Zachary Leader’s biography of Saul Bellow.
Liturgies Real and Imagined
Trevor C. Merrill reviews a memoir and a novel from the German Catholic writer Martin Mosebach.
Humanism, Reform, Heresy
Chris Butynskyi reviews a book on the people whose opposition shaped John Calvin.
The Book Gallery
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Russell Kirk On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776
