Luisa Perkins

LUISA PERKINS is a novelist, essayist, and lyricist. Her book Prayers in Bath was a finalist for the Association for Mormon Letters Novel Award in 2017. Her award-winning short work has been published in Dialogue and Sunstone and has been heavily anthologized. She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts

Articles

Three Dogs in the Afterlife

that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there ª waits while ● gets her bearings. It always takes a little while, he says. ● lifts her spirit nose, trying and…

Genesis Chiasmus

In the Big Ending,
My son used to say
When I read him the Genesis board book.
Which was perfect, I thought.

The Maidservant’s Witness | Mette Harrison, The Book of Abish

Every writer, whether prophetic or not, questions some things and assumes others. One of the attractions of a retelling is the way it highlights subjectivity—something we tend to ignore as readers of history, myth, or…

Spring Hill

Section Title Spring Hill Luisa Perkins Becca was taking too long. Emma huddled against the iron fencepost and hugged her knees. The chilly breeze had dried her tears, but her nose was still running. She…