The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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.
Fly-Fishing and the Constitution
Stephen B. Presser reviews Justice Neil Gorsuch’s revealing new book.
Saint Louis and the Convert Immigrants
James Baresel welcomes William Chester Jordan’s new history of Louis IX and his encouragement of Muslim conversion.
The Good People
A Kirkian short story by Susannah Black.
A More Hallowed Society
Anthony M. Barr welcomes a new translation of Plutarch’s Lives.
What Does Athens Have to Do with America?
Grant Havers reviews a book critiquing conservative readings of the Greek tradition.
Getting Out of the Hole
James Davenport welcomes James K. A. Smith’s new book on Augustine’s refugee spirituality.
When Left and Right Agree
Gerard T. Mundy reviews a book from the center-left that buttresses conservative concerns with communities, social order, and the American economy.
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.
Register for our next book gallery on June 22, 2026:
Russell Kirk On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776
