The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Watch James Panero of the New Criterion discuss “The Urbanity of Russell Kirk” at the 2025 Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
The Action of Grace
Trevor C. Merrill reviews an engrossing collection of short stories by Joshua Hren.
The Forgotten Farnese
Alberto M. Fernandez reviews a new biography of a forgotten figure of the Spanish Golden Age.
The Humane Vision of Elmore Leonard
Will Hoyt reviews the new Library of America volume on Elmore Leonard in light of the author’s full corpus.
Two Leaders at War
Chuck Chalberg looks at Lincoln and Churchill: Statesmen at War by Lewis Lehrman.
The Tsarist Commander
James Baresel reviews a biography of Russian Commander Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.
The New Storytelling, From Tocqueville to Fortnite
Titus Techera connects the rise of computer games with the restlessness of young men in our cultural crisis.
Prophets of Paradise?
Jacob Bruggeman discusses the techno-utopian dream in a review of Nicholas Carr’s Utopia Is Creepy.
Defending Against the Old Chaos
Francis P. Sempa reviews The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell.
Not Enough Argument
Oliver Traldi reviews Samuel Moyn’s Not Enough.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition. Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the video to see more episodes in this series or check out our YouTube page.
