Tag Archives: audience response

Book Reviews on the Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Jessie Christensen

Recently, a discussion cropped up in the comments section on a book review posted on another blog. The commenter noted that both the person reviewing the book, along with the other commenters, were generally heaping praise on the book while … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Voices, Electronic Age, Mormon LitCrit | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Teaching Mormon Literature to Non-Mormon Students

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Scott Hales

As I type I am sitting in the Salt Lake Airport waiting for a flight that will take me first to Denver and then to Dayton, where my decade-old Honda is waiting to take me home. It’s Sunday, but there … Continue reading →

Posted in Mormon LitCrit, Thoughts on Language | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

History as Fiction, Fiction as History

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Jessie Christensen

A few weeks ago, A Motley Vision provided a quote from an 1897 publication by Junius Wells in which he discusses the idea of books as ‘companions’ and urges his readers to reconsider the type of company they keep when … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Voices, The Past through Literature | Tagged , , | 22 Comments

Nickel Basins and the Mormon Experience

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Jessie Christensen

One of my majors as an undergraduate (yes, it was one that I actually completed and got a diploma in) was Spanish Translation. I thought it would be a great way to find a practical use for the second language … Continue reading →

Posted in International Scene, Thoughts on Language | Tagged , | 11 Comments

Bound on Earth and Other Gateway Drugs

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jessie Christensen

Last month I had the opportunity to attend a luncheon that was being held in conjunction with a literary symposium. The luncheon was offered as a chance to get to meet a visiting author, so even though I did not … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Voices | Tagged , , | 26 Comments

Eli and the Morning Monster

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Lisa Torcasso Downing

This is Eli. Do not be fooled by his clean-cut appearance. He is five years old. He is my nephew. His favorite toy is his mouth and he runs with it nearly non-stop. Unless, of course, it is 7 am and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Voices, The Writer's Desk | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Signs

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Julie Wright

In college, there was a patch of lawn on campus surrounded by signs insisting the students keep off the grass. While walking to class one day with a friend of mine (majoring in accounting), he veered to the left, obeying … Continue reading →

Posted in The Populist's Soapbox, The Writer's Desk | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Now That I’m Going to Teach Creative Writing….

Posted on August 3, 2011 by James Goldberg

In June, I wrote a post called “If I ever teach creative writing…” Through a strange and fortunate twist of fate, I find myself in exactly that position this fall. So now I’m in the process of trying to use … Continue reading →

Posted in The Writer's Desk | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

In Tents # 4 The S(k)in of Blackness

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Harlow Clark

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. –Isaiah 54:2 On one of Bob Newhart’s albums (The Button Down Mind Strikes Back?) Bob … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Views of Scripture, Mormon LitCrit | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

The Writer’s Desk: What if I Don’t Like it?

Posted on April 11, 2010 by J Scott Bronson

Last month my latest play, Brothers, ran for three weeks at the Brinton Black Box Theater in the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. It went pretty well–only one sell-out crowd of twelve performances (which isn’t really as … Continue reading →

Posted in On-stage, The Writer's Desk | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments