The Hero’s Journey of the Mormon Arts
. As Motley Vision‘s newest Official Contributor, I feel an obligation to have my first post explain something of my experience within and attitude towards the Mormon arts. Several months ago, I...
View ArticleBenson Parkinson’s “Three Kinds of Appropriateness”
Benson Parkinson, founder of the AML-List and co-founder of Irreantum, was kind enough to send me a copy of his essay “Three Kinds of Appropriateness” for posting here at AMV. It used to be posted on...
View ArticleWhy my not liking “Blood Work” means you should buy Dispensation
. If you know anything about Angela Hallstrom, you should know that she is a person of taste and a keen parser of literariness. And if you followed my Twitter reviews of her new short story collection...
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The Backslider, covers
. So I finally read Levi Peterson’s The Backslider. And unlike other rites of passage (I’m looking at you, Moby Dick), The Backslider exceeded my expectations. Perhaps it had an unfair advantage, given...
View ArticleYou’re looking for a book
. Two Sundays ago, a member of my ward engaged me on the old question of the Great Mormon Novel. We were interrupted before we could finish our conversation so I wrote him an email. (You’ll note...
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