Joseph Bottum (author)

For the South Dakota politician and judge of this name, see Joseph H. Bottum.
Joseph Bottum
Born
Joseph Henry Bottum IV

Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
EducationGeorgetown University (BA), Boston College (PhD)
Known forAuthor
editor
professor

Joseph Bottum (often nicknamed “Jody”[1]) is an American author and intellectual, best known for his writings about literature, American religion, and neoconservative politics. Noting references to his poems,[2] short stories,[3] scholarly work,[4] literary criticism,[5] and many other forms of public commentary, reviewer Mary Eberstadt wrote in National Review in 2014 that “his name would be mandatory on any objective short list of public intellectuals” in the United States.[6] Coverage of his work includes profiles in The New York Times,[7] South Dakota Magazine,[8] and The Washington Times.[9] In 2017, Bottum took a position at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.

  1. ^ Richard John Neuhaus, “While We're At It”, First Things, February 1995
  2. ^ Micah Matix, “Meaning and Music”, Books & Culture, September/October 2011
  3. ^ Standpoint magazine Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, October 2013
  4. ^ Bottum, Joseph (1995). "The Gentleman's True Name: David Copperfield and the Philosophy of Naming". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 49 (4): 435–455. doi:10.2307/2933728. JSTOR 2933728.
  5. ^ Adam Gopnik, “'America's Cleanest Writer Goes His Lonely Way': The Letters of J. F. Powers”, New Yorker, October 1, 2013
  6. ^ Mary Eberstadt, “The Puritans Among Us”, National Review, April 21, 2014.
  7. ^ Mark Oppenheimer, “A Conservative Catholic Now Backs Same-Sex Marriage”, The New York Times, August 23, 2013
  8. ^ Bernie Hunhoff, “Why the Bottums Belong in South Dakota: A nationally-renowned writer comes home to Hot Springs”, South Dakota Magazine, November/December 2012
  9. ^ Hruby, Patrick (December 13, 2011). "Surprise Kindle Single best-seller a 'Dakota Christmas' present for conservative writer". The Washington Times.