Interviewed by Isaiah Flair. Editor’s Note: Susan Cooper is one of the preeminent fantasy fiction authors of the last 50 years. Her popular series, The Dark Is Rising, has influenced generations of readers. She won the American Library Association’s Margaret A....
November 7, 2024, marked the third anniversary of long-time Bookman editor Gerald Russello (1971-2021). This week he was honored with the publication of his most representative essays and reviews. How Do You Do It? The Selected Works of Gerald Russello is now...
Packaged Pleasures. How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire by Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor. University of Chicago Press, 2014. Hardcover, 336 pages, $38. Reviewed by Gerald J. Russello. This review by Gerald Russello, former editor of The University...
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite By Musa al-Gharbi. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. I would like to alert University Bookman readers to an excellent and important book that has...
Seven Challenges that Shaped the New Testament: Understanding the Inherent Tensions of Early Christian Faith By F. Scott Spencer. Baker Academic, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Ryan Patrick Budd. I wish someone else had written this book. I don’t say...
The Political Writings of George Washington, two volumes. Edited by Carson Holloway and Bradford. P. Wilson. Cambridge University Press, 2023. Hardcover, $300.00. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Carson Holloway and Bradford P. Wilson are engaged in a project with...
