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.
The Lost Futures of Mark Fisher
Ben Sixsmith reviews a collection from the late British underground theorist Mark Fisher.
The Doctor’s Mask, Removed
Jacob Bruggeman reviews an anesthesiologist’s thoughtful memoirs.
Like a Jazz Score: The Sense for Life
Pedro Blas González reflects on life and jazz in the postmodern world.
Nothing More to Prove
Carl Rollyson reviews the second volume of Zachary Leader’s biography of Saul Bellow.
Liturgies Real and Imagined
Trevor C. Merrill reviews a memoir and a novel from the German Catholic writer Martin Mosebach.
Humanism, Reform, Heresy
Chris Butynskyi reviews a book on the people whose opposition shaped John Calvin.
Weaponized Christianity
Grant Havers reviews Daniel Mahoney’s finally hopeful analysis of the roots of modern progressive ideology.
Narrating the Future
Carl Lawrence Paulus reviews a history of the national grand narratives during a period of great change, the years leading up to the Civil War.
Writing from the Edge of the Middle
Veery Huleatt reviews a strong collection of essays on the Midwest and the consequences of losing our narrative.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
