The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture

How the Land Can Heal
Matt Miller looks at a new book from Australia on the promise of regenerative agriculture for responding to ecological pressures.

The Superhero and the City
Ryan Shinkel looks at a book that pits superheroes against each other in a contest of worldviews.

Scruton, Defender of the Past
Jeffrey Folks remembers Roger Scruton as an astute and courageous conservative intellectual.

Effing the Ineffable
Robert Grant Price reviews Roger Scruton’s collection, Music as Art.

Champagne Flute with an Iron Spine
Eve Tushnet traces five reactionary novels from the last century that tracked the slow-motion apocalypse ending the premodern era.

Constitutional Arguments, Constitutional Stories
The Bookman interviews Boston College professor Ken I. Kersch about his recent book on the history of the family of stories that conservatives tell about the Constitution.

Making a Home Among Monsters and Martians
Jacob A. Bruggeman reviews a book on legends of the American Midwest.

Metaphysics for a Broken Western World
Gerard T. Mundy reviews a book that revisits the metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Faith and Works and the Novel
Trevor C. Merrill reviews Joseph Bottom’s history and assessment of the novel as a literary genre.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.