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 Time That We Are Given
Ashlee Cowles reviews the final posthumous novel of Sally Wright.
Between Rome and ‘Jerusalem and Athens’
Richard M. Reinsch welcomes a book on Catholic engagement with the political philosopher Leo Strauss.
Moral Reasoning in an Acceptable Time
Matt Miller reviews the new Library of America collection of Madeleine L’Engle’s eight “Kairos” novels.
The Importance of Being Iris
Emina Melonic reviews a book on the thought of philosopher-novelist Iris Murdoch.
That Old-Time Civil Religion
Richard M. Gamble welcomes Walter McDougall’s insightful and nuanced book on American civil religion and foreign policy.
Sufism as Civil Religion?
Fitzroy Morrissey reviews a book on the forgotten political influence (or exploitation) of the mystical Sufi movement in medieval Islam.
The Center Holds
Nicole M. King reviews a new book on Midwestern regionalism.
What Kind of Art Is the Videogame?
Ben Conroy discusses Shadow of the Colossus to propose a more robust and genre-based approach to videogame criticism.
Sophomore Inclinations and the Research University
Pavlos Papadopoulos welcomes a new book tracing the rise of the research university as our dominant educational model.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
