Recent years have seen a revival of interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) among Latter-day Saints, prompted in part by the appointment of several BYU faculty (Donald W. Parry, David R. Seely, Dana […]
Mary Clyde’s short story collection, Survival Rates, won the Flannery O’Conner award for short fiction last year. Two other Mormon story writers in the past six years have achieved the same honor: Paul Rawlins, […]
Past Through iron gates shine Bronze doors never opened—Holiness to the Lord. Sun, moon, and stars live in granite, Carved by dead ancestors
In their projected restoration, contractors pulled down aging plywood, discreetly placed to hide remnants of the stained-glass window shattered in the fifties by a bevy
Scott R. Christensen has made an auspicious entry into the realm of Mormon history with his book Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887. Already the volume has won the 1999 Evans Handcart Prize and […]
If, when September rolls over in the gutter, picks himself up and stumbles off in search of a restroom, coffee and eggs, you pull back the drapes and slide open the window, he will […]
After another day hiking the desert, I lock the door of my car, and turn toward the hot springs in the cool night.
We returned to our beginnings in August, with its crayola green trees and grass, blue sky, and yellow light so certainly imposed
M. Guy Bishop has moved away from famous Mormon church leaders to delve into the life of a minor member who had a major appointment with American history. Henry William Bigler’s life is one […]
We had to fly to her brother’s wedding. But she lay prone on a heating pad, the room spinning above, and her weight and blood pressure each