After Liberalism…Faith?
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism By John Gray. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Hardcover, 192 pages, $27. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. Reviewing one of John Gray’s recent books is an adventurous undertaking. Rather than straightforward histories, or...
For They Shall Be Comforted
Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning Introduction and Translation by David G. Bonagura, Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2023. Paperback, 128 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. The death of a loved one can be wrenchingly painful. It is during such a...
We Few, We Happy Few
Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt—Paul Elmer More Correspondence Edited by Eric Adler. University of Missouri Press, 2023. Hardcover, 488 pages, $75. Reviewed by Justin D. Garrison. In The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk observes, “it is an ominous sign for any...
Of Man and Lost Time
The Twilight World: A Novel By Werner Herzog. Translated by Michael Hofmann. Penguin Press, 2022. Hardcover, 144 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González. Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese Imperial Army soldier who did not accept that Japan surrendered on September 2,...
Happy Constitution Day! This week the Bookman celebrated the 50th anniversary of the publication of Russell Kirk's The Roots of American Order with a symposium on the book. The essays include reflections on our written and unwritten constitution. (1/3) https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/kirks-constitution-from-the-roots-to-the-end-of-american-order/
Who are the women quietly defying the birth dearth? Join the Book Gallery on 9/23 with @ubookman editor @lsheahan and @CRPakaluk discussing her latest book, "Hannah's Children" to find out more. Registration is open here: