The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
A Plodding Penn
Carl Rollyson reviews a new and ploddingly authoritative biography of William Penn’s very quirky life.
The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Willmoore Kendall
Joshua Tait looks back on the life and questionable legacy of political theorist Willmoore Kendall.
An Inherently Meaningful Cosmos
Ben Lockerd reviews a new scholarly treatment of Arthurian motifs in the thought and writings of the Inklings.
The Loyal Gentleman
Father Schall looks at a historical essay from Hilaire Belloc on lessons from the civilized conversation of King St. Louis.
Rescuing the Heroic Narrative
Elizabeth Bittner reviews Michael Walsh’s Fiery Angel on the West’s loss of confidence in its own narrative.
When Elites Were Elites
Addison Del Mastro reviews a new history of the great literary Republic of Letters.
The Bloody (Congressional) Road to Disunion
John Bicknell welcomes Joanne Freeman’s new history of physical violence inside Congress before the Civil War.
Confessions of a Jet-Set Conservative
Ben Sixsmith reviews a memoir on the departure of an aesthetic … conservative?
Hayek and the Liberty of Knowledge
Erik W. Matson reviews a book that explains the continued importance of F. A. Hayek’s Science of Liberty.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.