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Unpleasant afterlives: New fiction from Peck and Perkins
. Two Mormon books this year seem to be getting absolute purity of praise. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck and Dispirited by Luisa M. Perkins both seem to have been more widely discussed online...
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An open letter to the Whitney Awards Committee
. I’m a big fan of the Whitney Awards. I think they’ve filled a need with great success and have been managed professionally and sensibly. I’m always certain to nominate books I read that qualify and...
View ArticleMormonism and the Arts at the Berkeley Institute: Fiction (sf/f)
. [background] . Today’s readings are: “The Class That Wouldn’t Die” by Joe Vasicek “Three Different Mormon Futures” by Eric James Stone “Avek, Who is Distributed” Steven L. Peck “Release” by Wm Morris...
View ArticleParsing the “Mormon” in Mormon Literature
Ever since Scott Hales announced his plans to edit a new anthology of Mormon literary criticism, I’ve been thinking off and on about my own past grapplings with Mormon literature and where I’d want to...
View ArticleIs There a Distinctive Mormon Literary Esthetic? Part Two
In my last installment, I mentioned my skepticism about a Mormon literary esthetic. I’ll start this round by explaining in more detail my reasons for that skepticism. Differing values are relatively...
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