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.
														Longing for Home
Henry George welcomes Anthony Esolen’s take on nostalgia. The longing to go home is also the longing to not find oneself alone.
														The Cost of Cultural Free-Riders
Dan Hammond suggests that a rather gloomy book on economics and morality is still worth your time.
														T. K. Rabb: In Memoriam
John Byron Kuhner says farewell to the late professor of history at Princeton.
														The Empire Has No Clothes
Joseph S. Laughon reviews a book on the history and unaddressed obligations of the American Empire.
														A Nudge toward Freedom?
Daniel James Sundahl reviews Cass Sunstein’s claim that you (but not people like Sunstein) need a nudge to choose freedom.
														‘These Global Days’
Adam Schwartz welcomes a new edition of poetry from David Jones that reveals his innovative critique of imperialist technocracy.
														The Origin of the Secular Species
Ben Sixsmith reviews Tom Holland’s new reminder to secularists of the Christian roots of their own values and assumptions.
														Stranger Malls
Titus Techera looks at the real horror of the third season of the Netflix series Stranger Things—the mall.
														The Socialist You Should Be Reading
Rebekah Curtis invites a fresh rediscovery of the stories of Edith Nesbit.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
