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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Conversations and Invitations: My 2013 Vision for the AML Blog
I’ve always liked a good conversation with smart and insightful people. It almost doesn’t matter what the topic is. All the better, though, when we share interests and concerns that are near and dear to my heart — such as … Continue reading
Posted in Community Voices, Electronic Age
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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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In Tents # 23 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Jesus and Pilate – Part I
Who has forgotten the outrages of the crucifixion In the tenor of the cloisters of gentle remembrance? —Clinton Larson, “Crucifixion in Judea” Several months ago at Statebird Book I came across a book called Unlocking the New Testament, by Richard … Continue reading
This Week in Mormon Literature, November 26, 2012
LDS author Chris Stewart was elected to the House of Representatives. He is also working with Glenn Beck to republish his The Great and Terrible last days series into a 10-part ebook series, with all of the Mormon parts taken out. Beloved … Continue reading
Posted in This Week in Mormon Literature
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in verse # 23 : mighty line versus ordered speech
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
Posted in In Verse, On-stage, Thoughts on Language
Tagged A Dead Man in Deptford, Anthony Burgess, blank verse, Christopher Marlowe, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Kris Kristofferson, Nothing Like the Sun, poetry, Singer/Songwriter, Stephen Greenblatt, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Tamburlaine the Great, Will in the World, William Shakespeare
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Three Different Mormon Futures
The three 22nd-Century finalists in the Four Centuries of Mormon Stories contest showed three radically different visions of what might be happening in the Church in the future. The three stories correspond to some extent with three strands of science … Continue reading
Posted in SF&F corner
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Old Problems, New Opportunities: Looking Towards the Future of Mormon Drama
We recently completed the last leg work for the editing of Saints on Stage: An Anthology for Mormon Drama, which I’ve been spearheading for Zarahemla Books. It includes important plays from some of Mormonism’s best playwrights… Robert Elliott, Thomas Rogers, … Continue reading
Observations: The Challenge of Recasting
As we age and learn, we often recast the things we experienced in earlier life in light of that new knowledge. We intentionally re-contextualize and re-index. We discover and formulate a larger—and hopefully more complete—story of that experience. Sadly, in the process we also tend to rob much of the vital essence from those experiences. Continue reading
Posted in Community Voices, Personal Narratives
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A Mormon Writing Master Class?
In July, I wrote about my experience at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. The short version is: it’s one week of awesome. Card’s instruction is great for sharpening skills of invention, arrangement, and style in your fiction. He’s also … Continue reading
