The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
A Conflicted Idea of America
Craig Bruce Smith reviews Jill Lepore’s treatment of America’s founding eras in the first of four pieces on These Truths.
What Hath Lepore Wrought
Daniel N. Gullotta assesses Jill Lepore’s treatment of America’s antebellum and Civil War eras.
Citizenship and the Fitful History of the American Way
Robert Greene II reviews the third part of Jill Lepore’s new history, covering the period from Reconstruction through World War II.
Recent Domestic History
Lauren Turek reviews the final section of Jill Lepore’s new history of the United States, covering post–World War II to early Trump.
Would You Recognize a Dystopia If You Saw One?
Ryan J. Barilleaux helps us take a deeper look at our glib use of dystopian rhetoric.
Churchill as Communicator
Joseph Bottum and Benjamin F. Jones review a major new biography of Churchill.
Tribe, Nation, Empire
Glenn A. Moots reviews Yoram Hazony’s valuable The Virtue of Nationalism.
Animating Our Souls
Titus Techera reviews a (nearly) comprehensive new book on the master animator Hayao Miyazaki.
Reclaiming a Place for Conversation
Anthony M. Barr reviews Senator Ben Sasse’s book on fault lines in American civil society.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.