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.
Liberty, or Liberties, or Leviathan?
Jeffrey J. Folks reviews a book on the lives behind our current understanding of the U.S. Constitution.
A Quarantine Reading Journal
Eric Hutchinson shares his pandemic reading journal, a mix of memorial, reflection, and therapeutic laughter.
On Goats, and What to Do
Karl C. Schaffenburg welcomes an engaging book on what farming can teach us about the difference between technical capacity and wisdom.
What Lasch Knew
Jon K. Lauck reviews a novel on the progressive misdiagnosis of Kansas.
Tool, Mirror, Goad: What Is Christian Legal Thought For?
Gerald J. Russello welcomes a provocative new casebook on Christian legal thinking.
The Nation’s First Architect
Addison Del Mastro reviews a new biography of the very American architect, Benjamin Latrobe.
Nietzsche’s Puritan Warriors
John Ehrett reviews Mark Mitchell’s argument explaning our present political climate.
The Rise of Sexless Moralism?
Titus Techera looks at implications of the shift in home theater from Game of Thrones to The Mandalorian.
Yes It’s Poetry, But Is It Good?
Karl Schaffenburg welcomes Micah Mattix’s new collection of poetry criticism.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
