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Joseph Bottum��is one of the nation 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 currently serves as the Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought for the Benson Center at the University of Colorado. “His print books range from the sociological study,��An Anxious Age, to��The World Is Awake, for which he shared the Christopher Award for the year best children book, and four volumes of formalist poetry, including the songbook The Second Spring.��Among his writings on music is the widely debated Atlantic��essay, “The Soundtracking of America.”��