The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Watch James Panero of the New Criterion discuss “The Urbanity of Russell Kirk” at the 2025 Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
Things Strange and Admirable
Timothy D. Lusch welcomes Tom Shippey’s revealing look at the Vikings.
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.
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.
