The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Join friends of the Bookman in New York City on December 8 for the Gerald 2025 Russello Memorial Lecture.
The Revolution is Still Permanent
Micah Meadowcroft reviews a book that argues implicitly that politics and religion can never truly be separated.
John Lukacs: Reactionary, Not Conservative
John P. McCarthy remembers his friend John Lukacs.
John Milton, Latin Love Poet
Patrick Callahan welcomes A. M. Juster’s new translation of Milton’s Book of Elegies.
Finding Wisdom at Dusk
Scott Beauchamp reviews Roberto Calasso’s diagnosis of the hidden split between power and meaning in our technocratic age.
Americans’ Dignity, and the Nation’s Shame
Addison Del Mastro reviews an important book that may help elites better imagine the lives of those other Americans.
Fragments of Shattered Empire
Kevin J. McNamara reviews a memoir from a journalist who helps brings back to life the shattered kingdoms of Central Europe.
More to Say on Slavery and the Constitution
Jason Ross looks at a new book that questions accepted history on the slavery debates at the 1787 Federal Convention.
The Third Tolkien on View
Michael Toscano writes on another formative influence behind J. R. R. Tolkien—his mother.
Members of the Club
Chuck Chalberg reviews a book on the Literary Club of Samuel Johnson.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
