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Birding at the Lake

A pod of pelicans    patrols the shore
like angels guarding       the gates of heaven.

Hunger: Daniel 6

I feel your breath upon my neck—the heat
and dampness of each sigh, the way each pant,
each lungful pulls at me. Your eagerness
echoes throughout the lonely dark. A fear

sackcloth

i am a good person
i tell myself
i am a good person
i feel remorse

Mormon Tarbuti

As teenagers, my friend Brian and I would sit in front of our Latter-day Saint chapel in New Jersey, watching men in yarmulkes and dark-haired women in sheitels and black dresses walk to and from…

Where Are We Standing?

In the most recent general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced seventeen new temples that will be built in upcoming years. As we know, the process of building a temple takes a very long time, even…

Letter to the Editor

In my review of J. Seth Anderson’s LGBT Salt Lake (Summer 2017 issue, pp. 189–91), I neglected to identify one of the most important pioneers of Mormon LGBT studies at work today. Duane E. Jennings,…

Bring ’Em Young

According to one historian, Brigham Young
had “a talent for mimicry”—a talent
the Lord used to convince the Saints that
Brigham was Joseph Smith’s successor,
but that Brigham later used to poke fun
at his fellow apostle John Taylor’s
elegant voice, dress, and mannerisms.
(Taylor loyally disliked him for that.)

Bibliography

The Beginning—improbable.
The End—incomprehensible.
Genesis and Revelation,
like wacky bookends.