Of all the genres of art we are now familiar with, all but a very few are products of modernism and the bourgeois takeover of the art world in the 20th century. Portraiture, landscape, still life: all of these artistic staples were once considered the low, crass art of those who painted with motives no [...]

I have continued to be impressed by how the LDS public affairs staff continues to articulate so well where journalistic writing about the church and its members goes wrong. I don’t know if it’s doing any good. I don’t know that they expect to really have an effect on the mainstream media. But these commentaries [...]

The Whitney Awards finalists have been announced. There are five finalists in seven categories making for a total of 35 finalist spots.
It should come as no surprise that Covenant leads all publishers with a total of 16 finalist spots for 11 of its titles. Covenant also had at least one book nominated in each category [...]

Often an author is happy to get a contract from any publisher at all, so its hard to feel like there is any choice involved. It seems like its all about what the author can do for the publisher.
While many authors do feel this way, there are always options. With more than 75,000 publishers in [...]

The word Standards has significant cultural meaning in Mormonism. We use it most often to communicate behavior to our children. We urge them and ourselves to maintain our standards. We have Standards meetings and talks. And this view of Standards even translates into other areas of our lives, where we expect the best of ourselves [...]