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.
The Power of Citizens Organized
Daniel James Sundahl reviews T. H. Breen’s The Will of the People.
A Sophist American Framing
Gerard T. Mundy reviews C. Bradley Thompson’s America’s Revolutionary Mind.
The Risks of Levity
Trevor Merrill reassesses Milan Kundera in the age of soft totalitarianism
Why We Want Freedom
John G. Grove reviews Annelien de Dijn’s Freedom: An Unruly History
Encounter with a Real Borges
Jerrod A. Laber reviews Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini.
The Ancient-Modern Quarrel over Tragedy
Grant Havers reviews Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us by Simon Critchley.
Thebes Gets Its Due
Clayton Trutor welcomes Paul Cartledge’s new book on ancient Thebes.
Salvation Through Compassion?
Paul Krause reviews Roger Scruton’s treatment of Wagner’s Parsifal.
What Literature Makes Happen
Eric Hutchinson draws on the Reformer Philip Melanchthon to look at literature as a shortcut to wisdom for living well.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
