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.
History’s Untouchables
Jason Morgan looks at two new books with competing explanations of the atom bombs of World War II.
Good Taste May Save the World
Andrew Thompson-Briggs welcomes the completion of the English translation of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s two-volume Aesthetics.
The Tragedy of American Parenting
Titus Techera looks at the tragic motifs in “the family movie of the year” that wraps up an all-American franchise.
A Timeless History of Public Education
Addison Del Mastro reviews a book on the history of public education with something to offer critics and skeptics alike.
Natural Law Globalism
Jason Morgan welcomes a book reintroducing the life and thought of Japan’s once-renowned Catholic jurist and natural law theorist Tanaka Kōtarō.
A Bishop in France’s Public Square
Samuel Gregg reviews a book from the Archbishop of Paris on natural law in the technological age.
The Function of Criticism in a Time of Entropy
Oliver Spivey reviews a refreshing collection of essays from the literary critic William Giraldi.
The Grandiose Moralist
Paul Brian is not impressed by David Brooks’s Second Mountain.
A Justified Confessions
Eve Tushnet is surprised to welcome yet another translation of Augustine’s Confessions.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
