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- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
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- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
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Like a Stone
Posted on October 19, 2010 | 6 CommentsThese photographs were taken by Brent D. Beal of Wisdom Like a Stone, in Washington State. -
Keeping My Hand In
Posted on October 19, 2010 | 18 CommentsFour years on, I'm in a slump and I'm really just keeping my hand in. -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 7
Posted on October 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhere's Noah this time? Pics are on FB! :) -
I’ll Have What She’s Having
Posted on October 18, 2010 | 29 CommentsA friend of mine in college told me he could never marry a vegetarian because he loved to explore different kinds of food too much. In his mind, someone who had restrictions in the food department just couldn’t be a match. I on the other […] -
The Go-To Goddess
Posted on October 17, 2010 | 24 Comments“What does God look like?” I asked my little girl as I tucked her into bed. “Well, he is old, and he has a beard, and wears a. . ..a white dress,” she said. “A-ha,” I answered. “How do you know that?” “That’s what they […] -
Cara’s Story
Posted on October 16, 2010 | 4 CommentsA poem, by Andy. Perhaps this is your story, too. -
Foreplay/Long Time
Posted on October 16, 2010 | 14 CommentsHow the mind trips on time. This message was set to appear live on the web at 11 AM GMT on Saturday, October 16th 2010. If all went well with so many machines and algorithms, at precisely the planned moment a bit was flipped* and […] -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 6
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 9 CommentsRecommendations from the Prophet Joseph's 'visual bookshelf'. -
‘Autumn Colours’
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 8 CommentsRen took the photographs that make up this collage at the Quaking Bog in Wirth Park, Minneapolis. She said: ‘Autumn is my favorite season. Every day there are subtle changes and before long the trees are laid bare. It’s nature’s swan song before winter’s rest. […] -
Werner Herzog: ‘Grizzly Man’
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 20 CommentsHerzog's journey into the 100 hours of film footage taken by the 'Grizzly Man' Timothy Treadwell offers us an expedition into our own relationship with silence, animal majesty and murder. -
Anticipation
Posted on October 14, 2010 | 9 CommentsWe were on our way to church as a family, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for everyone to share in the 'lunch experience." So I was a bit disappointed when no one was waiting at the I-20 exit ramp like I anticipated. -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 5
Posted on October 13, 2010 | 10 CommentsSpecial post-Conference access to the President of the LDS Church's Facebook account has been acquired. -
Urban Camping Part I
Posted on October 13, 2010 | 34 CommentsMy husband and I have tried lots of different divisions of parental responsibilities over almost 14 years. When we started out, he was a student and I was a teacher, so I was the primary breadwinner. He was responsible for getting Kennedy (our […] -
Untitled Poem
Posted on October 13, 2010 | 12 CommentsCheryl, who wrote this poem for Doves & Serpents, asked if our readership had any ideas for the title. Please share your thoughts, feelings and possible titles in the comments below. You are a God of temples, Celestial rooms and light; Of spotless sunlit windows […] -
Follow the Prophet
Posted on October 12, 2010 | 10 CommentsWhen we enter the world of art, we are at war and our choices can either be an act of brilliant heroism or pathetic cowardice. When you look back at the music you have listened to, are you filled with the pride a veteran might have for the medals he's won, or do you quietly brush off your associations with the bands you used to listen to? -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 4
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 4 CommentsFacebook updates from upstate New York, in the early nineteenth century. -
Everyone Loves a Parade
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 12 CommentsBacked by a clear blue sky, the sun shone down as if to bless the events from on high. Thousands gathered along the streets and sidewalk. Speeches were given recounting the legacy of the brave men and women who sacrificed so much for the community. […] -
Chasing God
Posted on October 10, 2010 | 25 CommentsThere are times in our lives when we shift. When we become so aware of the beliefs in our lives that are not helpful and we are able to find the courage to release them. Many of us have experienced a crisis of faith, or […] -
Moses and the Rock
Posted on October 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsAaron Reeves is a doctoral student of Sociology, and the co-creator of 'Crumpets and Decaff', a publication and website that seeks to promote the production and exploration of British Mormon cultural products... -
Forgotten
Posted on October 9, 2010 | 34 CommentsLight of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul laments Humbert Humbert. The recollection of Lolita draws Nabokov’s unreliable narrator far back in time as the middle-aged man, now grown old with memories, paints a portrait that pleads for pity and argues […] -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 3
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 8 Comments'Help Needed' in Missouri! -
Richard Linklater: ‘Waking Life’
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 11 CommentsRichard Linklater’s Waking Life (2001) is, even for such an unusual director, an unusual film. From the very beginning, the bizarre ‘Rotoscope’ animation technique, (also used in A Scanner Darkly, 2006) jars the viewer, challenging us to take on the tension between the cartoon fabric […] -
The First Lunch
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 14 CommentsA middle-aged Hispanic man is walking past the car where I pull up to the light. He sits down on the curb two cars behind us. He has a sign, but I don't read it. -
Judgment Day
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 4 CommentsHe wasn't alarmed when she first turned up in his dreams, although, he thought it odd to see her there, this woman he barely knew and hadn't seen since college. -
Around the Dinner Table: What’s a family?
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 28 CommentsWhile digging through the pile of papers in my seven-year-old’s backpack, I came across a copy of a page from the district reading curriculum that includes the weekly spelling words and a couple of ‘Guiding Questions’ for parents to talk to their kids about at […] -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 2
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsPresident Packer has been in the news this week. We have access to his Facebook updates. -
Tasteless
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 66 CommentsI think I’ve started to lose my taste. For years, I’ve prided myself on having good taste in books. I have carved my reading material up into different categories and congratulated myself on the breadth and diversity of my appetite as the kind of reader […] -
The Danger with Playing It Safe
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 26 CommentsA common joke amongst us Mormons is the idea that every prayer we offer at church includes the phrase "may we all return home in safety" -- even if we're only traveling a couple of blocks away. -
Our Sanctuary
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 10 CommentsI was sitting on the grass reading during my son’s soccer practice, when an older man took a break from his walking exercise, stopped, and sat next to me. Out of the blue, he began to talk about God, and pretty soon we were off […] -
Cipher on a Wall: Of Mind, Memories, and Dreams
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsThe mind is a stage. Does this sound familiar? Descartes continues: where ideas are illuminated by the inner light of reason. In 1973 a Mormon Apostle, Boyd K. Packer, ventured into the realm of mind with a riff on René: The mind is like a […] -
Rogue Cinema
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 11 CommentsFridays on 'Doves and Serpents' are film nights. That means you can get your popcorn, or equivalent snackfood, and follow along with a set of great directors and films that have made an impression on the writers here. Please watch the films along with us, and share the personal experiences you have with them, if you like. -
Twelve Lunches
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 12 CommentsWhat does the sign say, Mommy? -
Knit Together
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsWhen my middle daughter (whom we affectionately call “Mother Earth” because she’s always carrying on about recycling, saving the planet, and endangered species) was about five, she came home from school-full of righteous indignation because she had learned that mother sea turtles swim ashore, lay […] -
Stacks
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsThere are stacks of books and CDs on almost every flat surface of my house. Next to my bed is a tantalizing stack of; books I haven’t read yet. Beside the books waiting in the wings are the recently read, which I’m; not quite ready […] -
Original Poetry: ‘This Universe is Too Wide For Us’
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsWe're pleased to have original creative work on D&S from time to time. Here's a short poem by Andy. -
Mormon Fakebook Update: 1
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 23 CommentsThe first in an exciting and exclusive series of 'Facebook updates' from around the world of Mormon scripture and history. -
D&S 2
Posted on October 4, 2010 | No CommentsSometimes it seems like there’s too much in the world to fit into seven little days. That’s how we feel, here at Doves and Serpents. So, as well as seven brilliant columns for seven days, we present to you ‘D&S 2’: for those funny and […] -
What is The Wayfarer?
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsSometimes you have to go before you know. Exploration begins with an open mind, an insistent drive and some ingenuity. It requires some risk. Embodying this spirit of my Mormon heritage and folklore in today’s modern world, every week The Wayfarer travels to discover new […]