[…] great move and the colonization of Utah Territory and adjacent regions. However, the missionary outreach to the world has shouldered its way into the literature of culture, history, and politics of members far and […]
[…] was long lasting. It taught me that LDS girls lived a double set of rules. In the world but not of it meant that in the world I could say no to things but […]
[…] attention, in which nothing is accidental. These are the kinds of poems—perhaps because they live in Shakespeare’s world and share in the same love of wordplay, the same appreciation of the world each word […]
[…] but for ourselves. We don’t know whom to believe. It does seem clear that Lily’s in a world of hurt. With a few of the three hundred and fifty dollars she has in her […]
A knot can be a beautiful thing. A knot can reveal truths about how the world works. Some people are so enraptured by knots, they dedicate their lives to studying them. I’m devoting no […]
[…] awareness, which causes me “blackout” memory loss when I have a “switch” in personality. The result: inner- world chaos, outer-world disability, and intense suicidal ideation. One body with many parts—each competing for control. This […]
[…] my father was a three-time champion with one of his duck decoys on permanent exhibit at the world-famous Ward Museum. When the hunt was finished, I went to see it, wanting to hold that […]
[…] elected to give it to the Church. For decades that gift has supported missionary work throughout the world. Today, two Latter-day Saint temples sit on land Eugene and his family deeded to the Church. […]
[…] worlds I could never have conceptualized all on my own. Dialogue: Your comments on artistic genius and breaking down barriers between writers and readers seem to favor more connected ways of experiencing literature. I […]
[…] only ever shot blanks these days, but that didn’t matter much. A fellow outlaw’d once told him the state of your gun’s the state of your soul and George liked the sound of that […]