Tag Archives: agency and choice

Agency, Influence, Accountability, and the Mormon Artist

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Scott Hales

Since last Friday’s mass-shooting at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, fingers have pointed in many directions. In a New York Times op-ed, for example, film critic Roger Ebert joins others in blaming the gun lobby and “paranoid … Continue reading →

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From the Writer’s Desk: Be Weird, Mormon Writers!

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jack Harrell

The presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman have been good for Mormonism because they’ve brought Mormons and the Church into the national discussion. It’s been gratifying to see pundits correctly clarifying Church positions while debating evangelical critics. And … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Boyd Petersen

Here in Provo we know how to celebrate the Fourth of July. We have fireworks, a parade, family barbeques, a street fair, even hot air balloons. It’s a rollicking good time to be in the happiest of valleys! With such … Continue reading →

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Agency and Storytelling

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Angela Hallstrom

I just finished reading well over 100 entries to Irreantum’s fiction and creative nonfiction contests, narrowing them down to a set of semifinalists over which our contest committee can wrangle.  Reading all those stories and essays can be a bit … Continue reading →

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