Robert Dean Lurie is a writer and musician based in Tempe, Arizona. He received his MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is the author of "No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church" (Verse Chorus Press, 2009) and "We Can Be Heroes: The Radical Individualism of David Bowie" (Liberty Island Media, 2016). His essays on arts and culture have appeared in National Review, Blurt Magazine, The American Conservative, Crux Literary Journal, Front Porch Republic, and Chronicles.