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in verse # 29 : of the devil’s party

by: Dennis Clark

William Blake was Milton’s son.  But it was no easy birth.  In his fine article on Milton’s prosody, John Creaser describes how Milton was able to work so well within the conventions of blank verse.  Creaser begins by summarizing the … Continue reading →

Justifying the Cut: The Plays of Saints on Stage

by: Mahonri Stewart

With the publication of Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama, I’ve been thinking a lot about Mormon drama and how it currently stands as it own niche genre. The whole reason I pitched the idea of the anthology … Continue reading →

The Cranky Curmudgeon: I Got Nothin’

by: Scott Parkin

Problem is that there really is a lot of meh out there. Not good, not bad, just...meh. Entropy seems to be working. I don't believe in negative reviews, so I won't mention any names (to protect the guilty), but in the end a lot of my recent reading has filled me with a colossal sense of "so what?" Continue reading →

Interview with alternate history author Laura Anderson

by: Eric James Stone

Orson Scott Card has delved into the alternate history genre with his Alvin Maker series and Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. But the former is fantasy (there’s magic in it), and the latter is science fiction (there’s time travel … Continue reading →

Children’s Lit Corner

by: Kathryn Poulter

I love a good guessing game. So for today’s blog entry, I have gathered together some of my favorite children’s books and written their first lines here. See if you can guess which book each quote comes from. 1. “‘Where’s … Continue reading →

This Week in Mormon Literature, May 11, 2013

by: Andrew Hall

The LDStorymakers Conference is going on, with the Whitney Awards to be announced at the Gala dinner tonight. I have lots of Whitney book reviews and wrap-ups. Plan-B Theatre’s 2013-14 season will be dedicated to the work of Eric Samuelsen. … Continue reading →

A Live Reading, the Lit Blitz, and our Master Class Application

by: James Goldberg

Confession: I have mixed feelings about writing as a technology. On the one hand, I’m amazed by how abstract marks on a page or screen can evoke the voice of a person thousands of miles–or years–away. Writing does a wonderful … Continue reading →

Whitney Finalists 2012: Final Thoughts

by: Jessie Christensen

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 →

This Week in Mormon Literature, April 29, 2013

by: Andrew Hall

Sorry to post right after Jonathan, but I have been dragging this around unfinished for over a week, it is time to get this giant hunk of info dumped so I can go to bed. The Whitney Awards ballots are … Continue reading →

A Community of (Mormon) Readers

by: Jonathan Langford

The best conversations are the ones where you get a chance both to share your own views and to rethink them in response to what other people say. That’s the kind of experience I had with my recent AML blog … Continue reading →

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