I hope that folks don’t mind a bit of self-promotion. I’m very proud of this project. Here’s the press release:
In consequence to Utah Valley State College’s new four year degree in theater, the UVSC Department of Theatrical Arts for Stage and Screen is sponsoring national award winning playwright’s Rings of the Tree. The play is [...]

Over the years, I’ve read less and less.  Partly this is because circumstances allow me little “extra time” to pick up a book and settle in; partly it’s because my attitudes about language and storytelling have changed.  I have enough real life on my hands to keep me immersed in adventure, probably for the rest of my life.  [...]

Earlier this summer there were two major developments in the world of Mormon letters. The announcement of the Whitney Awards and the rolling out of BYU Studies’ review site.
I’ve been thinking about them both, especially in relation to the Association for Mormon Letters, and I keep painting my pedestrian mind into a corner. On the [...]

The Association for Mormon Letters has announced the winners of its 2007 Irreantum Fiction Contest. Sadly, it appears the Bloggernacle was shut out this year. Here’s the announcement:
“The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Irreantum fiction contest. The judges considered 133 entries, and three cash prizes as [...]

Dallas Robbins has already posted an announcement about three new titles from Zarahemla Books over at This Mormon Life. I have read one of the new books — Coke Newell’s semi-autobiographical novel On the Road to Heaven — and highly recommend it. The plot itself doesn’t break much ground. It’s the typical conversion/missionary novel thing [...]