http://www.motleyvision.org Mormon Arts and Culture Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think we should celebrate the free-ebook-ing for ebook week of the Fob Bible by featuring a poem from it. So here it is: Title: Moses and Aron Poet: Will Bishop Publication Info: 2009, The Fob Bible, published by Peculiar Pages Submitted by: Theric Jepson Why?: Th. writes: ". If Will and I weren't both Mormon, ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/payday-poetry-moses-aaron-will-bishop/ Liberating Paradox(i)es: Tensions, Texts of Comparison, Twitter, and Emma Lou Thayne After finishing part 3 with a reading of Timothy Liu's short poem, "The Tree that Knowledge Is"---a reading based in and flowing from a nodal model of Mormon culture---I fully intended to move into an extended exploration of Waterman's suggestions ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/beyond-prescription-part-4/ The fifth of eight posts and an introduction. See also Part IV, Part III, Part II, Part I, Introduction "Works of fiction, novels, tales and light reading of that description ought not to be read by young people. They are not food for your mind…"[1] George Q. Cannon wasn't the first to ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/mormon-publishing-home-literature/ As Terryl Givens documents in The Viper on the Hearth (Amazon), from Zane Grey to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mormons served as stock villains in the early days of genre fiction (both pre-pulp and pulp heyday). We propose to recast, reclaim and simply mess with that tradition by making Mormon ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/preannouncement-monsters-mormons-anthology/ The Vernal Equinox arrives Saturday, March 20.  To celebrate spring’s arrival last year, Wilderness Interface Zone, A Motley Vision's companion blog, ran a Spring Poetry Run-off that turned out to be lots of fun.  So beginning March 19, we’re running WIZ’s Second Annual Spring Poetry Run-off, this time as a ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/announcing-wizs-2010-spring-poetry-runoff-contest/ Although I remembered most of the plot of Salvador (Amazon), re-reading it five or six years after my initial encounter with it was still an experience of surprise and intensity. And oddly, I think it was an even more intense experience because since I already knew, sorta recalled the basic ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/weekend-revisitor-salvador-again/ Note: This is just a teaser, really, to prepare you for Part 4. (Coming next week.) That, or it's mid-term week and I haven't had time to flesh out the next post. Either way. On to Part 3.5. Roughing Out a Theory and a Course in Mormon Lit i. The Theory As I was scripturing ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/beyond-prescription-part-3-5/ The fourth of eight posts and an introduction. See also Part III, Part II, Part I, Introduction The arrival of the transcontinental railroad to Utah in 1869 marked the end of a period of relative isolation for the LDS Church. It also came just at the end of a period of ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/mormon-publishing-commercial-lds-publishing-begins/ I have a ton of updates for ya'll so let's get right to it: AML Awards + Annual Meeting: Here's a link to the AML Awards for 2009, including the award citations; Tyler has write ups of several sessions at chasing the long white cloud. I'll reserve my take on this ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/aml-awards-whitneys-lds-publisher-contest-reveal-and-much-more/ In a post last February I raised the question of what kind of literature exists about the black Mormon experience. I got some great answers and decided to get my hands on some of it. Life conspired against me and I haven't done as much as I'd hoped but I ... http://www.motleyvision.org/2010/black-history-month-revisited/