In Memoriam: Leslie Norris Among The Mormons Leslie Norris was a poet of international repute, originally from Wales, whose unexpected death on 6 April 2006 (an auspicious date for Mormonism) has saddened his broad circle of friends. He was poet in residence for several years in BYU’s English Department. Though he never joined the LDS …
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In Memoriam. Dean May: ‘Just Born Friendly’
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …