The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Watch James Panero of the New Criterion discuss “The Urbanity of Russell Kirk” at the 2025 Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
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.
‘These Global Days’
Adam Schwartz welcomes a new edition of poetry from David Jones that reveals his innovative critique of imperialist technocracy.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition. Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the video to see more episodes in this series or check out our YouTube page.
