The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture

Machine Future
Titus Techera looks at Blade Runner and its warnings about the proclivities of technological elites.

Xenophon’s Science of Political Economy
Pedro L. Gonzalez reflects on a key aspect of the thinking of Xenophon in light of a new edition of his shorter writings.

Roger Scruton, RIP
Richard Cocks offers an appreciation for the life and thought of Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020).

The Patterns of Living
Gene Callahan reviews a book dedicated to addressing the failures of urban renewal.

The Children Are in Charge
Matthew Stewart reviews a well-done satire of the woke university.

Practice Makes Virtue
Elizabeth Bittner welcomes an honest book on what we can become by engaging with the classics.

That Sacred Canopy
Daniel James Sundahl reviews an essay collection on First Amendment jurisprudence.

Bair, Beauvoir, and the Becketeers
Michial Farmer welcomes the new memoir from biographer Deirdre Bair.

Poets of Brutality and Redemption
Marlo Safi reviews a recent reprint of Wendell Berry’s 1993 essay collection.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.