The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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Kirktober 2025: James Panero and Adam Simon on the Haunted House
October 28, 2025
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6:00 PM, you are invited to join University Bookman editor Luke Sheahan, Hollywood screenwriter Adam Simon, and New Criterion executive editor James Panero, as they explore the theme of the haunted house in gothic literature and its relationship to conservative thought and imagination.
Register for this free webinar here.
Hayek and the Liberty of Knowledge
Erik W. Matson reviews a book that explains the continued importance of F. A. Hayek’s Science of Liberty.
On Happiness as Harmony
Pedro Blas González reflects on the vast differences between happiness as felt and happiness as explained.
Surviving the Robot-Barons
Jacob Bruggeman reviews Jay W. Richards’s book on the not-so-apocalyptic future of American employment.
Poetry, Oblivion, and God
Micah Mattix reviews Christian Wiman’s new book on faith and poetry.
A Compelling and Contradictory Prophet
Annelisa J. Purdie welcomes a major new biography of Frederick Douglass.
Thought Is a Labyrinth
Phil Christman welcomes the informative literary correspondence between Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner.
Classical (and Faux) Glories of New York
John Byron Kuhner welcomes a personable new book on the many Classical influences in New York City.
Calhoun, Compromise, and Consequence
Carl Rollyson reviews a new book on the convictions, conflicts, and compromises of three leaders who shaped antebellum America.
Citizens of the World
Casey Chalk argues that a new generation of globetrotting American idealists should re-read The Sand Pebbles.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
