The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Woodward, Reconstruction, and Their Legacy
Stephen B. Presser reviews The Lost Lectures of C. Vann Woodward.
Finding a Different Self
Lance Kinzer reviews Carl Trueman’s Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
The Curse of Knowledge
Christine Norvell reviews the novel A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe.
Tolkien’s Yuletide Fiction
John Tuttle revisits Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas
The Power of Citizens Organized
Daniel James Sundahl reviews T. H. Breen’s The Will of the People.
A Sophist American Framing
Gerard T. Mundy reviews C. Bradley Thompson’s America’s Revolutionary Mind.
The Risks of Levity
Trevor Merrill reassesses Milan Kundera in the age of soft totalitarianism
Why We Want Freedom
John G. Grove reviews Annelien de Dijn’s Freedom: An Unruly History
Encounter with a Real Borges
Jerrod A. Laber reviews Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.