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Tag Archives: Fiction
Mormon LitCrit: From Imitation to Innovation; or, Why Mormon Writers Should Move Out of the Basement
Cultural texts do not exist independent of one another, but in an interdependent relationship we call the tradition. New texts rely on the tradition of older texts, and older texts depend on new texts to keep the tradition vibrant and relevant. … Continue reading
Posted in Mormon LitCrit
Tagged Electronic Literature, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Imitation, mormon culture
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Mormon Literature and the Anxiety of “Passing”
In literature, a character’s ability to move unnoticed from one social group to another, often more privileged group is called “passing.” In Disney’s Mulan, for example, the title character “passes” for a man so that she can take her aging … Continue reading
Novelist Nephi; or Why We Still Need the “Author of ‘Added Upon’”
In less than a week I will be traveling to Salt Lake City to spend a week in the Church History Library with the Nephi Anderson papers. To prepare, I have been reading Anderson’s novels and short stories and making … Continue reading
Posted in Storytelling and Community
Tagged Added Upon, Fiction, Home Literature, Nephi Anderson, Novels, Research, Scott Hales
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Irreantum Contest Winners
The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum magazine are pleased to announce the winners of our 2011 literary contests. The response this year was robust: we received 73 fiction entries, 47 creative nonfiction entries, and 91 poetry collection entries. Entries … Continue reading
Mormon LitCrit: Public and Private Selves in Fiction
The latest issue of Irreantum features a fine essay by Doug Thayer entitled “About Serious Mormon Fiction.” One statement from Thayer moved me to think about the sources of fiction that might grow out of the Mormon experience. Thayer says … Continue reading
