Joseph Bottum (author)
| Joseph Bottum | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joseph Henry Bottum IV April 30, 1959 Vermillion, SD |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA), Boston College (PhD) |
| Known for | Author editor professor |
Joseph Bottum (often nicknamed “Jody,” born April 30, 1959) is an American author, best known for his writings about literature, American religion, and neoconservative politics. Noting references to his poems, short stories, scholarly work, literary criticism, 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 America. Coverage of his work includes profiles in the New York Times,South Dakota Magazine, and the Washington Times.
Born in Vermillion, South Dakota, Bottum was brought up in the state capital of Pierre and later Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School. After graduating Georgetown University with a Ph.D. from Boston College, Bottum was Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland from 1993 to 1994, before joining the journal First Things in New York City as Associate Editor from 1995 to 1997.
He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1997, hired by William Kristol to be Literary Editor of the neoconservative political magazine, the Weekly Standard, while also serving as Poetry Editor of First Things from 1998 to 2004. In 2004, the founder of First Things, Richard John Neuhaus, brought him back to New York as the new Editor of First Things. Forced out in 2010 after controversy about the future and the funding of the magazine following the death of Neuhaus, Bottum moved to his family’s summer house in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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