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.
John Milton, Latin Love Poet
Patrick Callahan welcomes A. M. Juster’s new translation of Milton’s Book of Elegies.
Finding Wisdom at Dusk
Scott Beauchamp reviews Roberto Calasso’s diagnosis of the hidden split between power and meaning in our technocratic age.
Americans’ Dignity, and the Nation’s Shame
Addison Del Mastro reviews an important book that may help elites better imagine the lives of those other Americans.
Fragments of Shattered Empire
Kevin J. McNamara reviews a memoir from a journalist who helps brings back to life the shattered kingdoms of Central Europe.
More to Say on Slavery and the Constitution
Jason Ross looks at a new book that questions accepted history on the slavery debates at the 1787 Federal Convention.
The Third Tolkien on View
Michael Toscano writes on another formative influence behind J. R. R. Tolkien—his mother.
Members of the Club
Chuck Chalberg reviews a book on the Literary Club of Samuel Johnson.
An Invaluable Bit of Aquinas
Casey Chalk looks at new book on Aquinas’s thought that can illuminate some contemporary debates.
What We’re Reading, Summer 2019
A baker’s dozen of Bookman contributors and friends share their summer reading plans.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
