One day, early in my career at a children’s book publisher here in New York, I told my boss how bad the books of another, well-known and well-established, children’s book publisher were in my view. To my surprise, he disagreed, and told me that this publisher and these books had played, and continued to play, [...]

This is the second part of a two part series on irony.  The first part may be found here.  Irony is by nature a boundless subject, and while the temptation to go on and on about it is compelling (for a ironophile like myself), this will do for the blogging moment.  References for Part One and Part Two can be found at [...]

After my post a week ago on the launch of a poetry chapbook, William commented:
Considering what a large role chapbooks play in the larger poetry community, I’m a bit suprised that there haven’t been more published for the Mormon literary market (even as small as it is).[see comment]

In response, I promised this post on Chapbooks [...]

In most artistic fields a sort of canon has developed, a list of works widely considered as the important works in the field. Mormon Literature is no different.

Recently, I was subjected to fifteen plus showings of Blue’s Big Musical Movie, some end to end.  (Don’t ask–it’s too complicated.)  Whenever I’m forced to watch one of my children’s videos over and over I choose this one because IMO Steve Burns’s blue screen performances are a wonder to behold, especially here.

Don’t get rid of the middleman, we need him!
Of course, the LDS market doesn’t really have middle men — its actually one of the problems we have. And, believe it or not, its one of the reasons that the market isn’t as robust as it should be. Every market needs some middlemen — wholesalers, as [...]

We aren’t breaking any new ground here, but we hope that the new format will accomplish a few things.

One of the more interesting events in Mormon Literature this year is the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Backslider, perhaps the finest LDS novel published to date. (The other novel widely considered for this designation is Maureen Whipple’s The Giant Joshua. Personally, I prefer The Backslider).

I’m passing on the following announcement from New York City’s Mormon Artist Group:
New York City’s Mormon Artists Group recently announce the publication of Javen Tanner’s first volume of poetry, Curses for Your Sake.

Those who have read my previous posts (yes, those from last Fall, when I last gave myself enough time to write here) know that I think the market for LDS books is crippled. It is only able to supply a relatively narrow range of books to a relatively narrow audience, and as a result either [...]