About Us
Lyceum is a quarterly journal dedicated to compiling the best American (and proto-American) thought and writing on themes as urgent as they are enduring, in a volume that you’ll keep proudly on your bookshelf for years to come.
Our Mission
In the age of high-tech media, we have traded control of information for convenience. All the knowledge in the world is in your pocket. But it is filtered through the ever-present algorithm and subject to the whims of a few digital overlords. More often than not, you read only what someone else wants you to read; more often than not, that someone else has something other than your best interests in mind. In this world everything is fluid, and nothing is yours. The narrative, the facts, the very fabric of a carefully crafted reality can be altered or erased in the blink of an eye.
In these circumstances, it is all the more important to take hold of the permanent things where we still can. Lyceum aims to do that in both form and substance: to gather the best of American thought and writing in beautifully designed volumes that demand to be preserved.
Each issue of Lyceum addresses a theme that is both timeless and immediately relevant, beginning with Mob Rule, our Winter 2025 issue. These issues will bring together major essays on the theme stretching from the classical era to the present day with vivid illustrations from American history and literature. The result is a coherent whole that can (and should) be read cover to cover, where each piece takes on new meaning in new context, and even the most familiar piece of American wisdom takes on new light in application to the problems of our day.
At just $50 for an annual membership, the value of Lyceum — just like so much else between its covers — is unmatched by any other publication on the market.