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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?
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mormon Archive
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32 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Wheel of Fortune & Evergreen International, Inc.
Groups like Evergreen International only practice science when it’s convenient. Like my grandma, when presented with contradictory evidence, they... -
31 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Straining at Gnats
Aah, yes, the “don’t sweat the small stuff” argument. It’s as familiar as Wonder bread in a sacrament tray. -
Guest Post Invitation: It’s SEX Guest-Post Month
If we approach the question of sex from the perspective that it is our responsibility as parents to teach our... -
26 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Joanna, Mr. Hancock, and Mormonism Lite
As parents, what do we value more from our four-year-olds? A paint-by-the-numbers portrait identical to what’s on the box,... -
Mormon Motherhood: Spiritual Buzzkill
I’ve been thinking lately about how interesting it is that Mormon church leaders place such high priority on getting married... -
24 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: “We know that. . .”
I pick it up, open it, and read this sentence on page 3: “We know that gender was set in... -
Mind the Gap
I recently re-read Carol Lynn Pearson’s amazing No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones for the... -
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... -
Ride to Affirmation Conference in Kirtland, Ohio
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Hugo Salinas of Oxford, Ohio, who shared pictures from the annual Affirmation... -
Around the Dinner Table: Do What You Are
; [This is kind of cheating because it didn’t actually occur around the dinner table. It occurred in our mini-van,... -
Trek
Mormons all over the U.S. (and elsewhere, perhaps) gathered yesterday to celebrate Pioneer Day–commemorating the entry of Brigham Young... -
A Mormon/Muslim wedding
I loved this article by Elna Baker, author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. It was published... -
Heroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Church
This guest post is written by Brent D. Beal, whose marriage to Heather Olson Beal is not at all threatened... -
Blood of Eden – Part 1, Metaphor
Madame Curie engages with the Garden of Eden story over on Sapphic Soliloquies, exploring a role-reversal where Adam stands as...