To Joseph of Nazareth: Patron Saint of Fathers Dispossessed
April 10, 2018Joseph, I too have known that sad angelic word
Visitation
Which renders a father not-father.
Your children
DiaBLOGue
The Coyote Hunter
April 10, 2018
Hobby Horses
April 10, 2018What holds us together is our discourse—
hints and asides, a whisper in the cloakroom,
School of the Prophets held across the backyard hedge.
Stealth gives Adam-God a reviving breath,
let Gog and Magog flex their muscle in the U.N.
The “Moral” Atonement As a Mormon Interpretation
April 10, 2018
Movements Giving Off Light
April 10, 2018Drops of water stretch and hold
in the sunlight: the small icicle
sways from the eaves in the thaw.
I see it fall
because I have come to the window
at this moment.
Mummy Pendulum
April 10, 2018A man’s last wish
should be sacred.
I want to be wrapped
like a ball of roots
The “New Social History” and the “New Mormon History”: Reflections on Recent Trends
April 10, 2018Dialogue 27.1 (Spring 1994): 109–123
My own analysis of the state of Mormon history suggests that the field, while other factors have also been at work, suffers from some of the exclusiveness and intellectual imperialism that were nurtured during the glory days of the “New Mormon History ” in the 1970s.