Luisa Perkins

LUISA PERKINS is a novelist, essayist, and lyricist. Her book Prayers in Bath was a finalist for the Association for Mormon Letters Novel Award in 2017. Her award-winning short work has been published in Dialogue and Sunstone and has been heavily anthologized. She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts

Three Dogs in the Afterlife

Articles/Essays – Volume 53, No. 3

that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there ª waits while ● gets her bearings. It always takes a little while, he says. ● lifts her spirit nose, trying and…

Genesis Chiasmus

Articles/Essays – Volume 53, No. 3

In the Big Ending,
My son used to say
When I read him the Genesis board book.
Which was perfect, I thought.

The Maidservant’s Witness | Mette Harrison, The Book of Abish

Articles/Essays – Volume 52, No. 2

Every writer, whether prophetic or not, questions some things and assumes others. One of the attractions of a retelling is the way it highlights subjectivity—something we tend to ignore as readers of history, myth, or…

Spring Hill

Articles/Essays – Volume 48, No. 1

Section Title Spring Hill Luisa Perkins Becca was taking too long. Emma huddled against the iron fencepost and hugged her knees. The chilly breeze had dried her tears, but her nose was still running. She…