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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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Matthew Archive
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The Won’t To Believe
Posted on May 3, 2013 | 14 CommentsI could do it. I could choose to believe. -
On Being a Christmasist
Posted on December 19, 2012 | 11 CommentsIn the three years since I lost faith in Mormonism, I’ve tried on more than a few labels to describe my spiritual alignment: agnostic, atheist, humanist. I’m not content with any of them. It’s not that they are wrong, necessarily, but each fails to capture […] -
Mormonism is a Skirt, Not a Pair of Pants!
Posted on December 18, 2012 | 7 CommentsSkirtism doesn't imply that there exists no universal Mormonism -- for all we know, One True Mormonism is floating out there in the noumenal -- it only requires us to admit that we don't possess it, no matter where we got our beliefs. -
I’ve Let Go . . .
Posted on October 11, 2012 | 40 CommentsIt's not that I'm immature or captive to black-and-white thinking. I see the complexity; I see the nuance. But I do not find it compelling. -
Richard Dawkins, you’re an ass. Brandon Flowers, you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
Posted on September 16, 2012 | 41 CommentsWhen we hear that a belief is ridiculous, the first thing we should ask ourselves is: ridiculous to whom? -
Confronting the “Fine Tuning” Argument
Posted on September 6, 2012 | 12 CommentsGiven a pragmatic view of science, fine tuning ceases to be a problem. Scientific models are remarkable, but human, efforts at reverse-engineering the universe. We can't expect them to be indicative of objective reality. -
You Don’t Know How It Feels
Posted on August 29, 2012 | 9 CommentsInstead of spinning narratives that minimize our old beliefs, make us feel superior, and make nodding rubes out of the orthodox, we should admit that we aren't -- and weren't -- special. Only after we've leveled the playing field are we in a position to empathize with anyone. -
What’s the Harm: Utilitarianism and the “Mormon Moment”
Posted on August 14, 2012 | 9 CommentsMormonism isn't going anywhere, and it's not going to stop being a conservative institution. But Brooks and other liberal Mormons aren't enabling Mormonism's reactionary side. -
An Open Letter
Posted on August 5, 2012 | 49 CommentsYou might deride liberal Mormons for their heterodoxy, but they are doing your job for you. They have translated Mormonism into a language that is intelligible to the larger public, a language that speaks to the issues the public cares about.