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Author Archives: Jessie Christensen
The Shibboleths of Mormon Aesthetics
A few weeks ago, The New York Times Magazine published an article about the animation program at BYU, which has been gaining a positive national reputation for both the films it produces and the quality of its graduates. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Community Voices, Mormon LitCrit
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Whitney Finalists 2012: Final Thoughts
Three months ago I wrote a post with some of my initial thoughts on the 2012 Whitney Award finalists. At the time, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to read 25 books in three months and I wondered … Continue reading
Art and Literature at the AML Conference
This past Saturday I attended the annual AML Conference. It was a great day; I always love the chance to meet people in person that I have mostly corresponded with electronically, and the panels I attended were filled with new … Continue reading
Posted in Mormon LitCrit
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Searching for a Markus Zusak of Our Own
Today over at Motley Vision, William posted an excerpt from an Ensign article about LDS literature published in 1981 by Richard Cracroft. This sentence in particular caught my eye: Many of the sweetest messages of life are subtle, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Mormon LitCrit, The Populist's Soapbox
Tagged style in writing, Whitney Awards
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Whitney Finalists 2012: Initial Thoughts
In case you haven’t heard, the finalists for the 2012 Whitney Awards were announced last Friday. Over at Segullah, Emily has already posted some of her thoughts about the finalists, so I thought I’d post a few of my initial … Continue reading
A Mormon Goes to the Movies
With one more week until nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, critics everywhere are speculating about which movies will be receiving nominations. One theme that seems to be emerging is that the movies most likely to receive recognition all have … Continue reading
All Those Books I Haven’t Read
It’s that time of year again: ‘best books of 2012’ lists are popping up on every blog, website, magazine, and newspaper I read. December, January, and February are months for reflections, compilations and awards, and yet for me they often … Continue reading
Posted in The Populist's Soapbox
Tagged 2012 reading, book lists, imposter syndrome, librarian
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Violence and Veterans Day
With Veteran’s Day less than a week away I have been thinking about books about war. War and violence have been a part of human life from the moment that Cain slew Abel, and depictions of war are as old … Continue reading
Modern Romance for the Modern Mormon Woman
I started hearing about Melanie Jacobson early last year when her first book, The List, was published by Covenant. It sounded interesting, but I didn’t read either of that book or her second, Not My Type, until both books became … Continue reading
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Writing and Community Building
For the last several months I have been the editor of my ward’s monthly newsletter. This experience has been interesting in many ways and I wanted to share a few thoughts about it in this setting. First of all, I … Continue reading
