Meadow
April 27, 2018[…] daughter—in explanation of her name) Balance is what we mean the name to tell her when she’s suckled news into her brain that birth knits her into the nervous system of the spastic, plastic planet,
[…] daughter—in explanation of her name) Balance is what we mean the name to tell her when she’s suckled news into her brain that birth knits her into the nervous system of the spastic, plastic planet,
[…] with relics of ancestral time includes live anachronisms. So we saunter to see the buffalo, laughing, swinging up between corral boards and nearly boot it in […]
This might well be the most difficult book Juanita Brooks ever undertook. Consider the formidable problems: Though Mrs. Brooks is the scholar’s scholar of Mormonism, what can she do about the fact that the […]
An old Indian lives in the lemon orchard. His age bewilders the thorns, his body is rich as brasswork. He will kill you many times before
In a remarkable essay entitled “Beyond Politics” in a recent issue of BYU Studies, Hugh Nibley makes an exciting observation: God not only desires a free discussion with men, He encourages it. Further, […]
[…] took Hugh Brown’s name, and she devoted her life to polishing that diamond so that the whole world might share its brightness. At first it meant helping Hugh to acquire the social graces which […]
These five short stories and twenty-four poems are marked by talent, self-consciousness and unevenness. The stories are more consistently accomplished than the poetry, with one exception I will discuss later. I began at the […]
Since its 1922 publication, Joseph Fielding Smith’s Essentials in Church History has been regarded by Mormons as the standard one volume account. Even though it was continually expanded and updated through 28 editions (most […]
A Priesthood group of six was contemplating an activity proposed by the group leader. One member objected, but the remaining five supported the proposal so enthusiastically that it was scheduled for the following Saturday. […]
[…] influences entered the lives of pioneers and shaped their character as well as their assumptions about their world. From the writings of ordinary people, as well as from the exalted, the volume records their […]