The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
A Compelling and Contradictory Prophet
Annelisa J. Purdie welcomes a major new biography of Frederick Douglass.
Thought Is a Labyrinth
Phil Christman welcomes the informative literary correspondence between Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner.
Classical (and Faux) Glories of New York
John Byron Kuhner welcomes a personable new book on the many Classical influences in New York City.
Calhoun, Compromise, and Consequence
Carl Rollyson reviews a new book on the convictions, conflicts, and compromises of three leaders who shaped antebellum America.
Citizens of the World
Casey Chalk argues that a new generation of globetrotting American idealists should re-read The Sand Pebbles.
The Revolution That Did Not End in Blood
JP O’Malley interviews historian Antonia Fraser about her recent book on Catholic emancipation in the UK.
Christian Martyrs in the First Islamic States
Jane Peters reviews a book on Christians martyred during the first two centuries of the rise of Islam.
His Old Kentucky Home
Miles Smith welcomes a helpful new political biography of five-time Presidential candidate Henry Clay.
Orpheus Britannicus
R. J. Stove is relieved to welcome Tim Rayborn’s new volume correcting the historical treatment of twentieth-century British music and the English Musical Renaissance.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.