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- 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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pioneers Archive
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Grondahl 50
Posted on January 26, 2013 | No CommentsFor other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
Single Experiences: I, Me, Who is That? Identity and Emancipation as a Single Mormon
Posted on November 9, 2012 | 6 CommentsOccasionally older married folks attempt to throw lifesavers, but their attempts at rescue simply don't work, because the reality is, we are not drowning. We are not invalids. You think we are crazy, desperate, unhappy people. You are wrong. -
Though Hard to you, this Journey may Appear. . ..
Posted on November 1, 2012 | 17 CommentsToday’s guest post is written by Marilyn Mehr. One year ago today, I stood on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse with my spouse, Betty Walker, celebrating our marriage. Filled with pride and wonder, I threw my wedding bouquet to the small party of […] -
The Trek West: Creating the Kingdom Together
Posted on July 24, 2012 | 3 CommentsWe are a heritage of seekers. Since Mormonism is relatively new, all of us have pioneer ancestors close enough to know about. Maybe they crossed the plains. Maybe they converted much later. Maybe YOU are a pioneer. -
A Twist on “Pioneer Day”
Posted on July 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhen it was announced that gays and lesbians would be allowed to marry in New York beginning on July 24, my first thought–as a lifelong Mormon–was, “Pioneer Day!” While we’ve been talking about pioneers this week on Doves & Serpents, I have loved reading […] -
Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors
Posted on July 27, 2011 | 15 CommentsBy Dayna Patterson ; Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors Dear Charles, What was it like to have three wives? It must have been confusing, especially since you chose women with rhyming names-Johannah, Susannah, and Hannah. Did you call them all Anna? Did you ever mix […] -
But With Joy Wend Your Way
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 15 CommentsFew hymns seem to capture the Mormon spirit so completely or at ts best. The steady beginning building to the gorgeous swell of music and lyrics work together to convey the sense of joy and faith that Clayton wrote about, the beauty of life in spite of difficulties and hardship. -
Trekkie
Posted on July 25, 2011 | 12 CommentsThose who weren't too busy, too judgmental, too self absorbed and too self-important to drop everything to help someone else are worthy of reenactment and emulation.