My job was once threatened if I published a poem. I lived in another place but in America and knew my rights. I let the poem wait. Oh, I read it aloud once and silence swelled in the room like fog; then someone said, read it again. My job was once threatened if I …
Category: Issue 161–December 2010
In Memoriam: Linda Sillitoe
A Tribute to Linda Sillitoe by Levi S. Peterson Levi S. Peterson is a former editor of Dialogue and author of novels The Backslider and Aspen Marooney, short-story collections Canyons of Grace and Night Soil, and autobiography A Rascal by Nature, A Christian by Yearning. He lives in Washington with his wife Althea. The …
Faith and the “As If” Factor: Review of Doug Thayer’s “The Tree House”
By Levi S. Peterson At 80, Douglas Thayer goes on writing impressive fiction, as this latest novel shows. Cast in short, simple sentences and concentrating on the concrete instead of the abstract, The Tree House not only captures the rhythms of Mormon life in Provo during the mid-twentieth century but also figures forth the tensions …
People: Issue 161
At Large. TWO ANONYMOUS PARACHUTERS who base jumped from the top of the Church Office Building on 12 November. According to Church employee Annie Beer, the two men landed in a parking lot across the street. By the time police arrived at the scene, the jumpers had sped off in a silver SUV. “It must …
News–Issue 161
Packer’s Speech Prompts National Controversy, Revisions A general conference sermon in which Apostle Boyd K. Packer defended the LDS role in Proposition 8 and denied that homosexuality is inborn ignited a national controversy, triggered a massive demonstration at Temple Square, and prompted a rare revision in the published version of the speech. Elder Packer, President …
Gratitude: A Contagious Choice
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Letters to the Editor: Issue 161
Remembering Lambda Delt In her excellent tribute to a beloved spiritual mentor, Laurie N. DiPadova-Stocks fails to mention the vital role played by the Church co-ed fraternity, Lambda Delta Sigma, in the 40’s and 50’s, which Lowell Bennion founded. As an appendage to the University of Utah’s Institute of Religion led by Bennion and his …
Poem: In Riverdale
We returned to our beginnings in August, with its crayola green trees and grass, blue sky, and yellow light so certainly imposed that desert light and night and hues wavered within us. We settled near the mountains, opening our windows to crickets wooing a canyon breeze. We tried to believe we can fit this …
Eugene England’s Calculated Risk: The Struggle for Academic Freedom and Religious Dialogue
By Charlotte Hansen In a recent lecture at the University of Utah, Krista Tippett, host of the NPR radio show, Speaking of Faith, argued that religion needs a place in the public university. During the twentieth century, most people practiced their religions privately, she said, not imagining that intelligent public religious discussion could occur without …
OK, Mormon: Review of Doug Thayer’s “The Tree House”
By E. George Goold Everyone familiar with Mormon letters knows Douglas Thayer. The veteran Brigham Young University English professor established himself with the landmark short story collection Under the Cottonwoods, built a long, distinguished career with novels including Summer Fire and The Conversion of Jeff Williams, and delighted audiences with his memoir, Hooligan: A Mormon …