The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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.
‘These Global Days’
Adam Schwartz welcomes a new edition of poetry from David Jones that reveals his innovative critique of imperialist technocracy.
The Origin of the Secular Species
Ben Sixsmith reviews Tom Holland’s new reminder to secularists of the Christian roots of their own values and assumptions.
Stranger Malls
Titus Techera looks at the real horror of the third season of the Netflix series Stranger Things—the mall.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.