Category Archives: Thoughts on Language

in verse # 23 : mighty line versus ordered speech

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Dennis Clark

It was Kit Marlowe who awakened in Will Shakespeare a hunger for a dramatic speech more nearly reflecting ordinary English speech.  It was Will Shakespeare who made it possible for Kris Kristofferson to write and sing the following lyrics as … Continue reading →

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Children’s Lit Corner

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Kathryn Poulter

Three years ago this coming Friday, my best friend died suddenly after suffering a deep thromboembolism. That death, especially the unexpected nature of it, shook me to the core. Of course I had lost friends and loved ones before, but … Continue reading →

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AML Presidential Address 2012

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Margaret Blair Young

From my early childhood, I remember people with dark skin and black hair in my home.  I understood that they were working with my father on projects in different languages.  Most were Mayan Indians, from various places in Guatemala.  The … Continue reading →

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Teaching Mormon Literature to Non-Mormon Students

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Scott Hales

As I type I am sitting in the Salt Lake Airport waiting for a flight that will take me first to Denver and then to Dayton, where my decade-old Honda is waiting to take me home. It’s Sunday, but there … Continue reading →

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Nickel Basins and the Mormon Experience

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jessie Christensen

One of my majors as an undergraduate (yes, it was one that I actually completed and got a diploma in) was Spanish Translation. I thought it would be a great way to find a practical use for the second language … Continue reading →

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in verse # 14 : the alliterative revival

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dennis Clark

Literary wayfaring in England did not end with the Norman Conquest in 1066.  It forked, one fork following the lead of the French conquerors, the other the lead of the English conquered.  Both of these were excursions into vulgar territory

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The Language of Our Fathers (or You Should See What I Hear)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Scott Parkin

In an increasingly visual and auditory media environment it’s to our advantage to keep tabs on the written word as a precise and clear set of symbol for the underlying concepts. Continue reading →

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5 Techniques to Improve your Literary Short Fiction

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Lisa Torcasso Downing

Let’s talk craft today. The nitty gritty details of craft. The stuff that leaves our hands dirty from the effort. I know we have an awful lot of writers who read this blog. Revise: I know we have an abundance … Continue reading →

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Unfinished

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Eric R Samuelsen

I recently finished reading The Pale King, the novel David Foster Wallace was working on when he died, by his own hand, in September 2008.  I love David Foster Wallace.  I love everything he wrote.  I certainly never met him … Continue reading →

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Halakha, Aggadah and Jesus

Posted on May 4, 2011 by James Goldberg

If I had time for another hobby, it would be following the Supreme Court the way a sports junkie follows sports. For most people, sports is about finding a team and cheering for it. For a true junkie, though, the … Continue reading →

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