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Watch James Panero of the New Criterion discuss “The Urbanity of Russell Kirk” at the 2025 Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
Russell Kirk’s Book of Love
“Kirk’s conservatism was the conservatism of loss—not of rout or retreat, and certainly not despair, but a conservatism that treasures what is gone as well as what we have. Our civilization of love, the age of chivalry, is dead. Yet the dead are with us still.”
Conservatives’ Cornerstone
“A populist, anti-ideological Kirkian conservatism of the heart remains Americans’ best hope for national renewal, and the Right’s only real path back to national leadership.”
Russell Kirk and The Conservative Mind
“With eloquence and conviction Kirk demonstrated that reflective conservatism is neither a smokescreen for selfishness nor the ritual incantation of the privileged. It is an attitude toward life with moral substance of its own.”
The Conservative Mind at 70
“[Kirk’s] own brand of conservatism admitted principles but regarded ‘positions’ and ‘dogmata’… with hostility. He blended a nostalgic romanticism with a Burkean faith in the advantages of tradition and ‘sound prejudice.'”
Whispers From Kirk
“The challenge for conservatives is to create a substantive program within their own tradition without having to feed off the carcass of liberalism.”
It All Began in Old Mill Basin, Brooklyn: A Tribute to Gerald J. Russello on the Second Anniversary of His Death
“During his own adventurous sojourn in this world, Gerald J. Russello did well as a child from the neighborhood…”
Kennan: The Fallible Prophet We Need
“…Congdon views Kennan as a ‘guide’ whose wisdom and prudence can bring America back from the edge of international and domestic abyss.”
Cities, as Social Science Sees Them
“Whatever hope… American cities might have depends on time-tested, filtered wisdom, not on a haughty, overpaid consultants’ findings or ivory tower social scientists’ musings.”
Upcoming Event: The Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture
On November 15, The University Bookman and friends will hold a memorial lecture in honor of Gerald Russello, longtime editor of The University Bookman. Dr. Dermot Quinn, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Seton Hall University, will speak on Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory.
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.
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