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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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You Lost Me
By day, I fancy myself a qualitative researcher. That means that people’s stories matter to me-significantly more than their... -
Dusting Polygamy from the Shelf
“Families are Forever” reads the plaque, its vinyl modern font letters set against an artful antique finish. It’s the catch-phrase... -
Ride to Church in Corpus Christi
In October of last year, I spent a couple days in Corpus Christi at a work conference. One morning, I... -
Can a Virtual Cupcake Make Me Fat?
The phrase “it takes a village” surfaces a deep longing for living in a time when I might have had... -
Pura Vida
I just spent two weeks in Costa Rica. Technically, it was for work, but it was very un-work-like. ... -
My Own Personal Canon: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous April 1963 letter, written to his fellow southern clergymen, was not known to me, sadly,... -
Grondahl Restored 6: Caption Contest!
Caption Contest Tell us what your caption for this cartoon would be, in the comments below. If you know what... -
Walk to Church (=Yosemite)
Today’s walk to church comes to us from Laura in California, who spent a weekend in Yosemite with her family... -
12 Dear Jack: The Good Daughter
; Dear Jack, I don’t have a great relationship with my father. He and my mother divorced when I was... -
Knock and it shall be opened….
I’ve always been intellectually supportive of the mission of Visiting Teaching. Actually making myself do it, or enjoy being... -
Why All Mormon Women Should Wear Pants to Church
[Photo Credit] This guest post is written by BDBeal. Yes, it’s a post about women’s dress written by a... -
And You and Me Are…
My mother made the dolls by hand. She lovingly stuffed their life-sized bodies, making small neat stitches in their elbow... -
All Hail, Pauline Kael
I first came across movie critic Pauline Kael’s work in an undergraduate English course in the early 1980s. John Trimble,... -
Ask and It Shall Be Given
She’s the most powerful woman in the LDS hierarchy, and now General Relief Society President Julie Beck is offering to... -
My Own Personal Canon: Bootless Cries
Today I am thinking about a profound lesson I learned as a student at Ricks College. I am thinking about... -
Grondahl Restored 5
This one’s from Marketing Precedes the Miracle, published in 1987. The later cartoons are more detailed, and a bit edgier... -
Ride to Church in Statesboro, Georgia
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael in Statesboro, Georgia, who writes: I live in the flat farmlands... -
11 Dear Jack: Make It Work
Dear Jack, Our ward is changing meeting times next year, and we’ll meet right in the middle of kids’... -
Roller Coaster
A year ago, I was living in a daze. I was spending most nights curled up against my... -
Guilty as charged?
If there’s guilt to be had, I seem to want more than my fair share of it. I feel guilty... -
I Resolve …
Instead of putting my energies into losing weight — er, being healthy — or, you know, trying to be a... -
Sum Kind of Wonderful, 2011
Second only to Halloween, New Year’s is a favorite of mine. The ritual self-assessing gets me literally giddy as I... -
Walk to the Book of Mormon Musical
In September, Brent and I went to New York City to attend a party to celebrate my aunt’s wedding to... -
Grondahl Restored 4
Posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl -
Ride to Church in Jerusalem
From all of us at Doves & Serpents, we hope you had a Merry Christmas and we wish you a... -
Ride to Church in Scotland
Today’s beautiful Ride to Church(es) comes to us from Amanda Klein Nokleby and Matt Nokleby, who spent Christmas Day 2009... -
Grondahl Restored 3
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Christmas Music Hangover
Today, a special Christmas guest post from Colin. They say that the first step in recovery is admitting that you... -
10 Dear Jack: Abundance
In the new year I’ll be back to answering your questions about life and Mormonism, but I wanted to do... -
Santa and I
The year I turned four or five, we drove to my grandparents in central Wisconsin for Christmas. Actually, we... -
Christmas Eve on the Mighty Mississipp’
We spent eight really fun years in Louisiana (2000-2008). It’s a pretty unique place. The people there know how to... -
Like a Kid on Christmas Morning
This year, I’ve been having a difficult time getting into the Christmas spirit this season. Heck, I’ve had difficulty... -
Reboots: Comic Book Heroes, Origin Stories and Mormon Myth
As a kid I read a lot of comic books. I enjoyed studying the intricate character storylines consisting of... -
Grondahl Restored 2
Robert Kirby says that his first look at this week’s cartoon marked the beginning of his career in Mormon humor:... -
09 Dear Jack: Sternly Part of It
Hello Jack, I just found out about this site. Is it really for people who have left the church? If... -
Grondahl Restored 1
In early 70s, if you’d wanted to buy a Mormon book, you’d have had to walk into a Deseret Book... -
(Near) Death by Supposed-to’s
I am realizing these days that I do a LOT of stuff because I’m supposed to. Mel calls this her... -
Do Not Go Gentle Into Christmas Eve
I suspect every family has a list of Yuletide must-see TV such as “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “How The Grinch... -
Mormon RUMPspringa: When Mormons Go Worldly
In light of the silly controversy that occurred last week at BYU-Idaho wherein a female student was denied access to... -
Ring Out, Wild Bells!
Is your ward like mine – that first Sunday of January brings another round of Sacrament Meeting talks on setting... -
Ride to “Church” in Culpeper, Virginia
Today’s ride to “church” comes to Doves & Serpents from Matthew Crowley of Culpeper, Virginia. Matthew writes, “Sundays for... -
08 Dear Jack: Nourishing the Delusion
Dear Jack, I believe that one of the greatest gifts God has given us is our capacity to think for... -
Prodigal
Last week, at a familiar intersection, the sign a man held up said, “It doesn’t take much to be kind.” -
When Kids Don’t Believe
I never had much angst about the whole Santa thing. We did Santa when I was a kid, but not... -
In Defense of Coldplay
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with some of my students, seniors in a small, rural Texas high school,... -
Calling a Truce in my own Mommy War
I reminisced about the lunches with other moms and days spent at museums and pumpkin patches without quite remembering the... -
The Economics Professor
The story about the economics professor and the effects of “socialist” grade sharing is circulating again. If you aren’t... -
Lighting the Way
When I moved to Texas several decades ago as a naive, hopelessly midwestern college student, adjustments had to be made.... -
Walk to Church in the Czech Republic
Today’s “ride” to church comes to us from Nathan, Claire’s brother, who writes: ; My sister Claire asked me to... -
November Staff Stacks
See what we’re into this month.