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.
Hibernian Pastoral
Chris R. Morgan reviews Michael Brendan Dougherty’s contribution to the genre of the “pop jeremiad.”
A Gimlet Eye Beneath a Chapel Veil
Eve Tushnet reviews two “institutional novels” as she reintroduces us to the poignant work of Antonia White.
Politics and Poetics: Educating Wise Statesmen
Christopher Fisher reviews a collection of essays on the necessary connection between Shakespeare and statesmanship.
No Mere Textbook
Bruce P. Frohnen welcomes Wilfred M. McClay’s major new book of American history.
Reagan’s Consistent Cheerful Convictions
William F. Meehan III reviews a thoroughly researched and accessible new collection of the personal writings of Ronald Reagan.
On the Rebuilding of Notre-Dame
James Atkins Pritchard digs deeper into the reasons we should rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
John L. Connelly: In Memoriam
John P. McCarthy remembers the life and legacy of one of the great educators, John L. Connelly.
Attacking the Idols of the Elites
Titus Techera reviews the final book of Tom Wolfe, an American hero.
Writer as Goad
Carl Rollyson reviews Adina Hoffman’s biography of filmmaker and agitator Ben Hecht.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
