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 Rise of Black Intellectual History
Chidike Okeem reviews a collection on the black intellectual tradition.
Pondering the Defeatists
Richard Cocks reviews a new edition of Colin Wilson’s Age of Defeat and explores the ongoing production line of nihilistic fiction.
Hibernian Pastoral
Chris R. Morgan reviews Michael Brendan Dougherty’s contribution to the genre of the “pop jeremiad.”
A Gimlet Eye Beneath a Chapel Veil
Eve Tushnet reviews two “institutional novels” as she reintroduces us to the poignant work of Antonia White.
Politics and Poetics: Educating Wise Statesmen
Christopher Fisher reviews a collection of essays on the necessary connection between Shakespeare and statesmanship.
No Mere Textbook
Bruce P. Frohnen welcomes Wilfred M. McClay’s major new book of American history.
Reagan’s Consistent Cheerful Convictions
William F. Meehan III reviews a thoroughly researched and accessible new collection of the personal writings of Ronald Reagan.
On the Rebuilding of Notre-Dame
James Atkins Pritchard digs deeper into the reasons we should rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
John L. Connelly: In Memoriam
John P. McCarthy remembers the life and legacy of one of the great educators, John L. Connelly.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
