...the bounty of [this] anthology reminded me of Christ’s generosity in feeding the five thousand. Christ took real substances—a little bread, two small fish—and he created from them...food that nourished the people and made it possible for them to return to their lives both physically and spiritually renewed. Poets take matter (language, emotion, thought, experience) and make of that matter a new creation, a work of art that did not exist before the poet organized it, a work that has the potential (each poet hopes) to nourish—to make readers see what they did not see before, to offer insight, to create empathy, to provoke thought, or to express beauty, soundness, depth. To offer abundance in place of scarcity. —from the forward by Susan Elizabeth Howe

Fire in the Pasture: 21st Century Mormon Poets

Literature & Fiction

Chadwick, Tyler

Jepson, Eric W

Sáinz, Ángel Chaparro

Hatch, Scott

Poetry

Peculiar Pages

The Old Testament re-imagined through poetry, verse, closet drama, e-mail, and short story. At once irreverent, whimsical, sexy, feminist, and poignant, this ain’t your mama’s Bible, and you sure didn’t learn this in Sunday school.

The Fob Bible: A Quotidian Book of Scripture

Jepson, Theric

Nelson, Danny

Christensen, B.G.

Jenkins, Sarah E.

Taylor, Arwen

McIlvain, Ryan

Hastings, Samantha Larsen

Bishop, William C.

The Old Testament re-imagined through poetry, verse, closet drama, e-mail, and short story. A QUOTIDIAN BOOK OF SCRIPTURE CONTAINING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE JUICIEST PORTIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT--sans, for obvious reasons, Judges 19--translated through means of memory and nightmare out of the pre-translated tongues (being mainly English): and with the former translations ignored, or--in special cases--dictated but not read, by His Fobbiness's special command, in perpetuity, worlds with very definite (and sometimes good-looking) ends, albeit of a feminist bent in places, with far too many references to behemoths and leviathans, and thus, being indebted to the grace of your most gracious progenitrix, published in the year of the FOB seven (using the Jepsonian calendar for its ease of dates). Fully Authorized Fob Version

The Fob Bible

Taylor, A Arwen

Out of the Mount: 19 from New Play Project presents nineteen Mormon-themed plays from fourteen playwrights. Edited by Davey Morrison, himself a playwright, this collection includes work by such playwrights as veteran Eric Samuelsen, and award winners Melissa Leilani Larson and James Goldberg. New Play Project is a non-profit theater company that, in four years, has produced hundreds of new works with the help of several hundred volunteers. It has become an important part of the community of Mormon arts, and an important part of the Utah County theater community at large.

Out of the Mount: 19 from New Play Project

Morrison, Davey

Dramas & Plays

* Mormon missionaries pound the pavement...after the zombie apocalypse! * Sometimes bishops are assigned special duties...like battling demons! * After centuries of no contact, the Mormon colony on Mars hears from Earth...and it wants revenge! * A young man prays...to know which Zombie Battling Organization is true! * A solar behemoth must choose between its new Mormon faith...and the jealous god who seeks to destroy it! In the nineteenth century, Mormonism seemed grist for everybody’s mill. Humorists like Artemus Ward and Mark Twain made hay out of polygamy; conspiracy theorists like Thomas deWitt Talmage imputed President Garfield’s assassination to the Mormons; pseudo-memoirists like “Maria Ward” recounted their seduction, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of Mormon mesmerists; the Republicans jump-started their political party with a promise to expunge the Mormon “relic of barbarism”; and pulp fiction writers and serious novelists alike fueled sales with stories of bloodthirsty Danites, lecherous elders, and grief-maddened Mormon wives who murdered competitors. This collection of pulp fiction seeks to exploit rather than ignore the historical associations of Mormon deviance, supernaturalism, and strangeness--playful self-parody. The selections range from the comic and light-hearted to the poignant and provocative. But taken together they should remind readers everywhere of a wonderful truth: humor can be the best revenge. (From the Preface by Dr. Terryl Givens)

Monsters & Mormons

Morris, Wm Henry

Genre Fiction

The hardback edition can be purchased directly from the publisher, peculiarpages.com.  DORIAN TRENT is a young man with a head full of conflicting ideas. His mentor thinks Dorian will uncover the ultimate resolution between science and religion, but who will resolve his own confusion when it comes to Mildred and Carlia? Dorian is the final work of Norwegian-American Mormon author Nephi Anderson, a mature masterpiece that has garnered favorable comparisons to the works of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence, and, Dorian's favorite, Charles Dickens. This Peculiar Edition combines the original 1921 novel with excerpts from Anderson's original typescript, fresh critical analysis of the novel, new notes on the text for the modern reader, and much more. Celebrate this valedictory accomplishment of one of America's great lost novelists-and the grandfather of Mormon literature-by joining Dorian on his journey through philosophy, theology, romance, pain, struggle-and just the right amount of resolution. Dorian: A Peculiar Edition Whether returning to Anderson or meeting him for the first time, this Peculiar Edition is a journey into new levels of artistry and complexity--as well as a great yarn for a fireside read.

Dorian: A Peculiar Edition with Annotated Text & Scholarship

ANDERSON, NEPHI

History & Criticism

Dorian: A Peculiar Edition with Annotated Text & Scholarship (Peculiar Editions)

“She used to be a rumor. She used to be the one not to be named. We listened so hard at the edges of the conversation to hear anything—any detail, any dropped syllable. But thanks to the work of the visionary writers and editors who crafted Dove Song the Mormon concept of a Heavenly Mother now has so much presence! So many words! May we never lose her again.” —Joanna Brooks Dove Song is an anthology of poetry and art centered on the Mormon concept of Heavenly Mother. It includes 138 poems from 80 poets and artists from the early church, to the late 20th Century to today. “Dove Song is unique in the canon of Mormon literature. And uniquely important. Not only is it a work of fine art, a carefully arranged series of poems that the poets have used their finest skill and training to create, but it is a work of history, a work of inspiration, and a sacred record of many individuals’ spiritual quest for additional revealed knowledge about Mother in Heaven.” —Susan Elizabeth Howe “This anthology is a shattering summary of poetic revelation, feminist theology, and Mormon history about our Mother God. Over seventy poets speak across time from 1844-2017, describing their visions and yearnings for the divine feminine, like soul mates through the veil. They begin in 1844 with W.W. Phelps, Eliza R. Snow, and Lula Green Richards in 1899, then disappear from the fin de siè·cle to the 1970s when Carol Lynn Pearson and Linda Sillitoe sing our Mother back. Like holy scribes, these poets persist, wondering and writing in the wilderness, seeking a promised land where God is home.” —Maxine Hanks

Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry

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