University Bookman, Summer 1965 (Full Issue)
Edited by Russell Kirk, this issue of the University Bookman features articles by Thomas Molnar and Bill McCann. The lead article, “Albert Camus,” by Molnar is especially good.
Scanned and posted by permission of Annette Y. C. Kirk. Full source: The University Bookman: A Quarterly Review v. 5, no. 4 (Summer 1965).
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University Bookman, Autumn 1968 (Full Issue)
Volume 9, No 1, full issue of University Bookman. Features pieces by Peter Stanlis and M.E. Bradford. Edited by Russell Kirk and posted here by permission of Annette Y.C. Kirk.
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Kirk Against Conscription, Part III
Kirk’s 1967 editorial against conscription, in THE NEW GUARD (May 1967): 11.
Kirk on James Fenimore Cooper, 1946
A fine early article by Kirk on one of his heroes, James Fenimore Cooper. Source: Russell Kirk, “Cooper and the European Puzzle,” COLLEGE ENGLISH 7 (January 1946): 198-207.
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Russell Kirk on Thomas Jefferson (full article), 1941
One of Kirk’s earliest published writings, a good, effective look at Thomas Jefferson and the literature around the third president.
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Russell Kirk Against Conscription, Part II
Russell Kirk’s second published attack on conscription. Source: South Atlantic Quarterly (July 1946). Enjoy.
Russell Kirk Against Conscription 1945
Near the entrance to Dugway testing grounds.. Kirk was stationed here, 1942-1946.
One of Russell Kirk’s earliest articles, an examination (and attack on) of conscription. Source: South Atlantic Quarterly 44 (1945): 82-99.
University Bookman Summer 1979
As I’m finishing (well, getting close to finishing) the main draft of my biography of Russell Kirk, I’ve had the chance and privilege to explore Kirk’s magazine, University Bookman. Kirk founded it in 1960 and edited it until his death in the spring of 1994. It’s a treasure trove. In this issue, critical academic and literary figures Jerry Pournelle, Anthony Kerrigan, and W.T. Couch contribute. My friend, Gerald Russello, now holds the prestigious position of editor.
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Skyberia (1952) by Russell Kirk
Short story, but not a ghost story.
Source: “Skyberia,” Queen’s Quarterly 59 (Summer 1952): 180-191.
America, I love you–Russell Kirk (1949)
This is Russell Kirk’s first published short story–“America, I Love You.” It appeared in QUERN (1949), pp. 7-11. Autobiographical, and very depressing cultural criticism of the America of that day.
Uncle Isaiah by Russell Kirk (1951)
My favorite Kirk short story, Uncle Isaiah. Originally in London Mystery Magazine (August-September 1951). Enjoy.
Remember, it’s 1951, so some of the ethnic stereotyping was par for the time.
Russell Kirk’s “Behind the Stumps.”
A number of friends (including Carl Oberg) have asked about Kirk’s horror/ghost stories. Here’s the one John J. Miller says is best. Enjoy. Russell Kirk, “Behind the Stumps.”
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