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Serving the Papers
April 10, 2018They sit in stiff unmatched recliners,
a faint halo of grease smearing
the head rests. The Bishop asks again,
Do you want your names removed?
Mama
April 10, 2018
His Sermon
April 10, 2018He says there’s very little truth
in the world
and he can’t wait to go out,
preach, and spread his own—
like he has the corner on it.
“Seizing Sacred Space”: Women’s Engagement in Early Mormonism
April 10, 2018Dialogue 27.2 (Summer 1994): 69–82
Zina, like many other early converts to Mormonism, was a child of the Second Great Awakening.
Nestling
April 10, 2018They hatched today. Last night
when I peeked among the apples
they were eggs, four, end to end
among twigs and scraps and a twitch
My Search for the Mother and Daughter
April 10, 2018
For the Girl Who Saw Her Mother Cold
April 10, 2018July twenty-third in the canyon is
almost like hell-fire—sulfurous hot
waves off the powdery earth while
the children play in the trees,
Border Crossings
April 10, 2018It happened again as I was walking through the New Hampshire woods with a woman I knew only slightly. We had been chatting amiably when the words “Mormon feminist” escaped my mouth. From the expression…