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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.
Cormac McCarthy’s Historical Literary Influences
“…this book is an essential companion for anyone interested in a deeper scholarly and thematic treatment of McCarthy and his works.”
Two Cities: The Public and the Private
“The era of superlatives, the French Revolution, was the time when real people, tired of their private sufferings, abandoned their real names to become citoyens… Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, and other pompous terms, took the place of the real, little, and unwordable affections, turning friends into foes, in the name of an unreal solidarity.”
Remembering Our Unruly Character
“…Frohnen and McAllister are explicit… that Americans must ‘rediscover’ their unruly character, and it becomes clear that their efforts to mine the historical roots of this defiant, ornery nature are grounded in a concern to push back and save the American way of life…”
Why Public Reason Fails
“It is only at a local level that true political deliberation among citizens can take place. Holston’s central message is that, if deliberative democrats are serious about their enterprise, they ought to be working to devolve decision making to the local level as far as possible.”
Friends, Countrymen, Romans
“…America has been many things, but, in a certain sense, it has always been Roman.”
Counting the Costs of the Second Great War
“…April 1945 was especially critical in my combat service in the European conflict in World War II.”
Philosophy and the Meaningful Life
“As Augustine realized, it is not enough to merely know the good, the true and the beautiful. We must lead our lives in conformity with them.”
Why Beauty Matters
“…the cultivation of beauty is an education in itself, a discipline that must be practiced in daily life.”
Christian Freedom and the Western Political Tradition
“For Schindler, there is no tradition without freedom, and no freedom without tradition. These ideas are a precious heritage to be guarded with great care, because they are a gift of the wise born before the present and the God who inspired their wisdom.”
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
Join us tomorrow night as @JamesPanero, Adam Simon, and @lsheahan discuss the Haunted House on the Book Gallery at 6pm ET: https://buff.ly/tRXeumD
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