Tag Archives: Mormon Literature

I Am Jane (with a little Levinas)

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Margaret Blair Young

I wrote the play I Am Jane a decade ago, and we had our premiere performance in an LDS chapel for the Genesis Group meeting. We turned the sacrament table into a deathbed and the choir seats into a pioneer camp. … Continue reading →

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Death Be Not Proud

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Margaret Blair Young

I am in London, and will be until July. The week before I left, the editor of a documentary I helped make was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Two days after I arrived in London, I learned that a … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Linda Sillitoe

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Margaret Blair Young

I first read Linda’s work in the 1970s, and found her style evocative and deceptively simple. She was a remarkable woman, and fearlessly tackled such difficult issues as sexual abuse (Secrets Keep) and the Mark Hoffman case (Salamandar). She was … Continue reading →

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Mormon Studies through Mormon Literature, Drama, and Film

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Boyd Petersen

Today we are seeing Mormon Studies slowly emerge as a legitimate field of study in the academy. Endowed chairs have been established at Utah State and Claremont Universities with more on the horizon; courses on Mormonism and Mormon-themed scholarly conferences … Continue reading →

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Storytelling & Community: There’s Always a Message

Posted on January 11, 2010 by J Scott Bronson

(A disclaimer before you begin: This little essay should not be construed as a response to Darlene’s essay, “Coward, or What is Not Art.” I’m not like most of the other bloggers here who can toss off a few hundred … Continue reading →

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Prayer and Promptings in LDS Fiction

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

I’ve been thinking quite a lot about Rachel Ann Nunes’ post, just before this one, especially where she talks about how revising her latest book “essentially removed God from my novel.” And I’ve been wondering why the LDS fiction I’ve … Continue reading →

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