Shane R. Peterson

SHANE R. PETERSON {[email protected]} grew up near Las Vegas, Nevada, and attended Brigham Young University. There he studied English Literature and minored in Editing and Writing/Rhetoric. He has also served as one of the co-editors-in-chief of Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism. He is currently pursuing a PhD in rhetoric and composition at the University of Washington in Seattle.

On Apple Seeds, Rats, and the State of Mormon Literature | Steven L. Peck, Gilda Trillim: Shepherdess of Rats

Articles/Essays – Volume 50, No. 4

Steven L. Peck has long been seen as a pioneer in the field of Mormon letters, because of his ability to move beyond the usual clichés and expectations that often come with fiction about the faith. In two of his previous novels, The Scholar of Moab and A Short Stay in Hell, he successfully moved the genre into the twenty-first century because of his willingness to push boundaries, embrace the unorthodox, and explore difficult themes. His latest contribution, Gilda Trillim: Shepherdess of Rats, follows this same vein by branching out into even newer territory, but unfortunately, it often gets lost along the way.