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.
 
														Is Singapore the Future?
Gilbert NMO Morris reviews Dambisa Moyo’s Edge of Chaos.
 
														Our Robotic Future
Faith Bottum reviews Jonathan Waldman’s robotics SAM.
 
														An Architect Reconsiders ‘The Architecture of Servitude and Boredom’
A classic essay by Russell Kirk inspired this commentary by architect Erik Bootsma, assessing the state of architectural design and urban planning in America today.
 
														A Landmark Tragedy
Matthew M. Robare reviews a history of New York’s Original Penn Station.
 
														Mobocracy and the Founding
Jason Ross reviews T. H. Breen’s The Will of the People
 
														Accountancy and Authority
Eve Tushnet returns to David Foster Wallace’s Pale King.
 
														Murray’s Lyric Lament
Henry George rereads Douglas Murray’s Strange Death of Europe.
 
														It Will Mean What the Words Say!
Kenneth Craycraft welcomes the new single-volume edition of the works of St. Thomas More.
 
														Why We’re All Playing Identity Politics
Austin Coffey reviews Ezra Klein’s explanation of contemporary polarization.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
 
				 
			         
											