Inaccuracy
March 16, 2018Though I know it to be impossible
I always remember winter having
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Hobble Creek Almanac
March 16, 2018Growing up every child learned the story, how horses
stole themselves away like thieves in the night
down to the cool waters to drink, shrug off
the day’s work, which had gathered, swollen
Graphene
March 16, 2018Between the eye and what the eye sees is seeing.
The light that knots believers to God is the slenderest thread.
To kiss is not a kiss, as easily blown to one’s beloved on a breath
as put upon a mouth, a forehead, a hand, a breast, and ever
A Short Poem about Nearly Everything
March 16, 2018On his morning walk on Deer Flat Road in Kuna, Idaho,
a man came upon a chalk drawing of our
solar system—more or less to scale.
Deaths and (Re)births
March 16, 2018Dialogue 45.4 (Winter 2012): 65–87
She had severe versions of typical pregnancy nausea and migraines. But she also experi-enced dreadful cramping on one side of her abdomen, crampingthat could only be assuaged by long walks. Dark three o’clock strolls around our sleeping neighborhood became commonplacefor us. Many days she could barely move because of the pain, anddoctors were at a loss to explain the origins or offer options for al-leviation. It was almost a relief when Amanda’s water broke atthirty-one weeks.
My Mother Tongues
March 16, 2018You can’t forget your first time. Mine was in the back of a beige ’68 VW bus, which I’d just bought from my mom’s boyfriend. I was taking Annie home from an Assemblies of God…
The Temple and the Sacred: Dutch Temple Experiences
March 16, 2018Dialogue 47.1 (Spring 2012): 104–123
First, the history of the temple project will be shown from the Dutch perspective, with a discussion of some of the observable effects on the Dutch saints, one of them being a large drop in temple attendance.
Abundant Events or Narrative Abundance: Robert Orsi and the Academic Study of Mormonism
March 16, 2018This essay is an experiment of sorts. For some time, Mormon Studies has attempted to move beyond the narrow confines of its past, with its focus on institutional histories and biographies of important people (mostly white men), toward a more methodologically nuanced and interpretive multi-disciplinary approach. Part of that growth requires that the data of Mormon Studies be scrutinized through the theoretical approaches coming out of disciplines such as religious studies. This essay does two things. First, it describes Orsi’s method and situates it within the context of religious studies methodology. Second, it scrutinizes the historical narratives associated with Joseph Smith’s “golden plates” through the lenses provided by Robert Orsi’s theory of “abundant events” in order to test the suitability of Orsi’s method to the data of Mormon Studies.
Featured Artist
March 16, 2018Babble
Discus
Double Split
Dozer
Filter
Fruit of Memory
Honey Blue
Pink
Recompose
Monument to the Western Landscape
Skull Valley
Letters to the Editor
March 16, 2018Mark Thomas, A Postapocalyptic Perspective?
Jacob Bender, Jacob Bender Responds
Michelle Inouye, Brother, Can You Spare a Book?