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.
Of Prophets and Presidents
John Bicknell reviews Spencer McBride’s Joseph Smith for President.
Wilson’s (Self) Determination
Kevin J. McNamara reviews Larry Wolff’s Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe.
The Enduring Mystery of War
Michael J. Ard reviews Margaret MacMillan’s War.
The Economics of Everywhere and Nowhere
Henry George reviews Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment.
Ignorant Armies
Michial Farmer reviews Deborah Stone’s Counting.
Counter-Tradition of the American Imagination
J. L. Wall reviews Geographies of Flight: Phillis Wheatley to Octavia Butler by William Merrill Decker.
Schlumping toward Altenburg
Michael Shindler reflects on Hans Herbert Grimm and the neglected World War I novel Schlump.
Rocket Age Drama
Robert Huddleston reviews Robert Harris’s V2: A Novel of World War II.
Imagined Americas
John G. Grove praises Samuel Goldman’s After Nationalism.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
