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Joseph Bottum��is one of the nation’s most widely published writers, with over a thousand essays, reviews, poems, and short stories from the��Atlantic��to the��Wall Street Journal. Holding a Ph.D. in medieval philosophy, he is currently the Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought and Policy for the Benson Center at the University of Colorado. “A poet and critic and essayist with a sideline in history and philosophy,” according to the��New York Times, Bottum has twice been the #1 nationally bestselling ebook author. His print books include four volumes of poetry along with the sociological study,��An Anxious Age, and��The World Is Awake, for which he shared the Christopher Award for the year’s best children’s book.��National Review��has called him the “poetic voice” of American commentary who “shaped the minds of a generation,” adding that “his name would be mandatory on any objective short list of America’s public intellectuals.”