The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Percy and the Persistence of Alienation
Emina Melonic reviews a book that finds political application in Walker Percy’s concept of the wayfarer.
When Democracy Came, It Came in a Flurry
John Bicknell reviews a book that fills in our understanding of the new style of presidential campaigning that emerged in the Jacksonian era.
A Desire to Win Well
Daniel N. Gullotta reviews a new study on honor during the time of the American Revolution.
Your Political Opponent Might Be Human
Anthony M. Barr reviews philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s foray into the angry seas of American politics.
A Dreadful Joy Is Conjured
Stephen Schmalhofer reviews the first collection of Russell Kirk’s ghostly tales, The Princess of All Lands.
A Most Hospitable Benedict Option
Gracy Olmstead welcomes Leah Libresco’s practical and inviting new book on living the Benedict Option.
Hope When There’s Nowhere to Hide
Ryan Shinkel highlights hopeful signs in the summer’s hit horror film, A Quiet Place.
The First Church of Cinema
Jacob Bruggeman makes the case for cinema as America’s religion.
The Presence of the Counterkingdom
Adam Schwartz welcomes Alan Jacobs’s new book on the great World War II Christian humanists.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.