A Poetry for the Time Capsule: ‘This Far Country’ by Joseph Bottum

In a just world, Joseph Bottum would be our US Poet Laureate.
A Poetry for the Time Capsule: ‘This Far Country’ by Joseph Bottum
Scholar and poet Joseph Bottum and his book of poems, which will be included in South Dakota's contribution to America 250 Time Capsule.
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Unlike the flood of poets in public positions who focus on identity politics and are critical of our nation’s founding values, Joseph Bottum stands apart as a voice for America.

A bestselling author, he’s probably best known for his sociological study “An Anxious Age,” in which he diagnoses the scramble for moral purpose that has followed from the collapse of America’s Protestant churchgoing tradition.

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Andrew Benson Brown
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Andrew Benson Brown is the outreach director for the Society of Classical Poets and the author of “Legends of Liberty,” an epic poem about the American Revolution.