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- 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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69 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Amtrak to SAC”
“The next pier is blackened by once living flames. / Then a rusted mount of steampunk in the brackish waters.... -
68 Psaltery & Lyre: M. Brett Gaffney, “Salt Girl”
“Wind / scattered my crystals / to the lands beyond our city. . . .” -
; For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of...
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; For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of...
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Book Review: Salt
“Each poem in this collection is a little jack-in-the-box, tightly coiled and waiting to spring.” -
Ebenezer Baptist Church and Marriage Equality
On Friday afternoon, we saw the Edmund Pettus Bridge–the bridge on U.S. Route 80 that spans the Alabama River in... -
67 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “God”
“God / was here this morning while I was out . . . “ -
66 Psaltery & Lyre: Becky Sirrine, “Night Sky”
“To look out into space is to look back in time.” -
65 Psaltery & Lyre: Kay Porter, “The Lamb’s Vision”
“The water rose over my torso, washing / away the dirt and sin. It crept up, over my chin, /... -
Grondahl Restored 62
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64 Psaltery & Lyre: James A. Clark, “The Captain”
“I listened, breathless, to his stories of the sea. / I rode with him on remembered waves, / imagined the... -
Ride to the Genesis Group’s Commemoration of the Priesthood Revelation
Today’s Ride to Church was submitted by Mark Brown, who recently attended the Genesis Group’s gathering to commemorate the 1978... -
Our Favorite Mormons: Freda Lucretia Magee
Most of us learned history from books written by authors who subscribed to Great Man history, the idea that history... -
63 Psaltery & Lyre: Annaliese Wagner, “There are Volcanoes in Iceland”
“They must look like chalices toasted / by tectonic plates, their lava must taste like red wine. / They bubble... -
Ride to Lakewood Church
Back in March, I went to Houston to attend the Houston Mormon Stories regional conference (= great fun). Meanwhile,... -
Grondahl Restored 61
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June: A Tough Pull
The June lesson line-up for the Young Women and Young Men of the church is a tough pull. First, in... -
Nerd Version of “Dance Moms”
I may have been known to make fun of “dance moms” and “cheer moms.” If I had a son... -
62 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Rifflection: ‘To His Mistress Going to Bed’ by John Donne”
“My favorite part is when you take political control and License / my roving hands, and let them go /... -
Ride to Church in Little Havana
Back in January, Brent and I went to Florida to present a paper we had co-authored together at a conference... -
Grondahl Restored 60
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61 Psaltery & Lyre: Kay Porter, “Mother Mold”
“Palm to palm, / hands clasped in front of unbeating hearts, / they look over their congregation / never quite... -
Ride to Church in Hyderabad, India
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from KC Kern, who recently did a Ride to the Book of Mormon... -
60 Psaltery & Lyre: Jeremy Windham, “Goliath in Love”
“Summer has never gifted me with love, / the sparkling spell of July’s golden hand / does not know my... -
Flooding the Book of Mormon with the Book of Mormon
In October of 1988, President Ezra Taft Benson stated: “I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature,... -
Battle Hymn of My Mormon Mother
First thing: It is somewhat appropriate that my tribute to my mom is showing up after Mother’s Day proper. My... -
A Celebration of Motherhood
Mother’s Day is a pretty complex day–full of pain, annoyance, and sadness for a lot of women for a whole... -
Motherhood Is Not the Essense of my Personhood
Dear Kennedy, Marin, and Stuart, Mother’s Day is tomorrow. Mother’s Day is not my favorite–for a whole host of... -
3 Little Gurus
“The greatest advantage of not having children must be that you can go on believing that you are a nice... -
59 Psaltery & Lyre: James A. Clark, “Elegy for a Stranger”
“God, what a shame / to die so young. Soon after, the rain came. / Fat, angry drops began... -
[Mormon] Mother’s Prayer for Its Child
It’s a week long homage to Bossypants by Tina Fey this week, for the backstory, check out Heidi’s explanation. Alongside... -
A Celebration of Motherhood
Last night while I was running, I had the idea that we should put together a slideshow of pictures of... -
Mama Drama
As Mother’s Day approaches, it’s the usual time I psychologically rent a limo so I can take my inevitable guilt... -
“Motherhood” in six short words
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to spend three blissful days reading, writing, walking, jogging, eating, and mostly... -
Parenthood Juggle: I Have to Be Me
In the next few weeks, I will turn 40. I know it is very cliché to have a mid-life crisis... -
Grondahl Restored 58
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Mormon Moms Meet Yale
For the past few years, I’ve been a part of a wildly ambitious ward project that my friend, Lia Collings,... -
The Won’t To Believe
I could do it. I could choose to believe. -
58 Psaltery & Lyre: Annaliese Wagner, “The Pathway to the Sun”
“I am running away / from my new home, / past the blue green / chlorine pool where / the... -
Modesty for Men
The ward modesty committees determined, however, that these inconveniences were worth it if they helped the women of the ward... -
Parenthood Juggle: What Gives?
For better or worse, I think I’ve become a legend in my department amongst graduate students. I’m in my... -
57 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “The Egret and the Faun”
“Her dress is white, scored with black squares. / There is matter in the pattern. / The pattern matters-“ -
Parenthood Juggle: Only by Working Together
In order to tell my story properly I have to jump quite few years back before I was even born.... -
Guest Post Invitation: Feeling “Less-Than” at Church
This boy wasn’t mean. But he was very clear that I, as a woman, had no place in any part... -
Grondahl Restored 57
Grondahl gives a little shoutout to D. Michael Quinn. For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon,... -
Ride to Church in Tokyo, Japan
We spent 10 days (our spring break plus both weekends on either end) in Tokyo visiting our dear friends who... -
On Holland’s Epistemology
There is a wide chasm, however, between choosing to live a religion and claiming to have absolute knowledge that one’s... -
Parenthood Juggle: I Wouldn’t Change Any of It
I met my husband at law school. We got engaged the summer before my final year but at my husband’s... -
56 Psaltery & Lyre: Jeremy Windham, “Boy Raised Gorgon”
“But if our strengths are measured / with a gaze, observe the statues / our beholders will become, / wide-eyed and... -
55 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “When She Prayed”
“I heard the angels’ joyous song / An ancient temple’s brassy gong / Bagpipes, trombones sang along / When she...