The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
‘Out of the Silent Planet’ and a New Era of Science Fiction
John Tuttle discusses the first of C. S. Lewis’s science fiction novels in its publishing context.
The Age of Addiction
Gerald J. Russello reviews a book on the cultivation of consumer desire and its discontents.
Fortunate Naivety
Matthew Loftus looks at a new biography of the sustainable radical, Jean Vanier.
Taking Serious Poetry Seriously
J. L. Wall welcomes a book on theological work done through the poetry of Eliot, Jones, and Auden.
Longing for Home
Henry George welcomes Anthony Esolen’s take on nostalgia. The longing to go home is also the longing to not find oneself alone.
The Cost of Cultural Free-Riders
Dan Hammond suggests that a rather gloomy book on economics and morality is still worth your time.
T. K. Rabb: In Memoriam
John Byron Kuhner says farewell to the late professor of history at Princeton.
The Empire Has No Clothes
Joseph S. Laughon reviews a book on the history and unaddressed obligations of the American Empire.
A Nudge toward Freedom?
Daniel James Sundahl reviews Cass Sunstein’s claim that you (but not people like Sunstein) need a nudge to choose freedom.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.