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.
A Splendid War Companion
John P. Rossi reviews Alan Allport’s Britain at Bay.
Marriage Can Change Everything
J. L. Wall reviews Marilynne Robinson’s Jack.
Worth a Second Reading
John C. Chalberg welcomes a Father Schall essay collection.
Retail Heaven
Eve Tushnet reviews Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman.
America’s Angriest Writer
Margot Enns reviews William Souder’s biography of John Steinbeck.
The Lakota: A Human Story
Santi Ruiz welcomes Lakota America by Pekka Hämäläinen.
The Soul of a Free Man
Kyle Sammin reviews Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh.
The Last Plantagenet
Garrett Robinson reviews Nicola Tallis’s Uncrowned Queen on Margaret Beaufort.
Holding a Wolf by the Ears
Jason Ross reviews Jeff Broadwater’s Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
