Author Archives: Scott Parkin

Community Voices: What I Meant to Say Was…

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Scott Parkin

Sometimes a theme gets stuck in your head and you have a hard time resolving it to your own satisfaction. So you pick at it and turn it around. You look at it from different angles. You articulate an idea … Continue reading →

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Community Voices: When I Got Old

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

It was at dinner the other night, and I was waxing eloquent about something. I don’t remember the subject or the context, but it involved the phrase “projectile vomiting.” Of course, my 16-year old daughter sighed loudly, my 10-, 12-, … Continue reading →

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Storytelling & Community: I’m Workin’ Here…

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

Yesterday my family painted two newly finished rooms in our basement (one a bedroom, the other my new office).

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Mormon LitCrit: Story, Story, or Story?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

A search for value in fiction, essay, and journalism It’s been a very strange trip for me over the last fifteen years or so, and I find myself suddenly lost in both a superabundance of interest and a declining patience … Continue reading →

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Storytelling & Community: Dumbo’s Lament: All Alone in the Big Tent

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

A (relatively short) meander in two and a half parts that have (mostly) nothing to do with literature. Sorry for the downer after Ed’s lively and entertaining piece; it’s all I have today. In Ephesians 2:19 we read: 19. Now … Continue reading →

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Mormon LitCrit: You’re not my father; then again…

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

We all love the young hero who challenges the provincial, narrow, and oppressive conventions of previous generations to create a new and better world capable of dealing with new challenges. We like to see innovative thinking and the creation of … Continue reading →

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Community Voices: The Dictates of Our Own Conscience

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

“We claim the privilege of worshipping almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.” (11th Article of Faith) Three vignettes in no … Continue reading →

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SF&F Corner: Direct Address: Writing of Faith

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Scott Parkin

Since this will be the last new blog post before the fact I wanted to remind everyone that the annual AML Conference is this Saturday, February 27 in the library at Utah Valley University. It’s a great opportunity to meet … Continue reading →

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Mormon LitCrit: Colors, Cats, and Perception of the Sacred

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Scott Parkin

I’ve always assumed that given equivalent access to the same facts, reasonable people will tend to come to similar conclusions–perhaps differing in approach, but not in core concept. All that’s required is a desire to learn, a willingness to listen, … Continue reading →

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Storytelling & Community: Wait and Hope—and Progress

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Scott Parkin

My original intent for this post was a very lengthy essay I wrote earlier in the year about color blindness, Schroedinger’s Cat, and perception of the sacred. Then I saw how (relatively) short the other posts have been and began … Continue reading →

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