Dialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 4–6
The divergence of science and religion is essentially a modern phenomenon. Until the 18th century, theology was considered the queen of the sciences and scientists considered that their discoveries allowed them “to think God’s thoughts after Him.”
Utah has achieved the dubious distinction of making the pages of the prestigious organ of America’s publication industry, Publishers’ Weekly. To some the publicity achieved in the article “Bookstore Perishes in Wake of Utah Obscenity Legislation” represents a disheartening step into further denial of free agency. To others it represents a heartening step in the direction of rooting out the devil all around us.
This might well be the most difficult book Juanita Brooks ever undertook. Consider the formidable problems: Though Mrs. Brooks is the scholar’s scholar of Mormonism, what can she do about the fact that the Jews…
All three of these poets claim, explicitly or implicitly, to be “western,” and it is unlikely that anyone will challenge the claim. Their poems reflect the western landscape, or, more specifically, the Great Basin landscape…
Man grows old at any time, not simply in the Autumn.
In the tropics, we do not recognize seasons:
death is hardly a growth, but accident, catastrophe,
sudden disease, or mere insufficiency;
Patient nuns
cowel-toweled
await annointing.
When
night set and in spite
of the wind
we made camp on a low knoll
Zenith
at noon. Back
stairs wearing away
nails driven through the frame
In October old Michael died,
out of grace and three weeks gone before
we found him, stark white
in that black oak bed of his.
An old Indian lives in the lemon orchard.
His age bewilders the thorns,
his body is rich as brasswork.
He will kill you many times before