. Given the response to (though not the attendance at) the Nephi Anderon panel at this year’s annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, our feeling that an Anderson resurgence is inevitable and not far off is fully cemented. Anderson’s hour is now. Or at least …
. The editor of Peculiar Pages’ forthcoming edition of <i>Dorian</i> and two other scholars of Nephi Anderson (at least one of whom will make appearances in our volume) are presenting at the premier conference for the study of all things Scandinavian, being held the first weekend of May in San …
. Fire in the Pasture poet Lance Larsen has been selected by Utah governor Gary Herbert as the state’s newest poet laureate. Congratulations to Lance, for this honor. (read more)
. Tyler Chadwick, of course, is the editor of the Peculiar Pages volume Fire in the Pasture. The Association for Mormon Letters has just, mere moments ago at their annual awards luncheon, given “Award for Excellence in Anthological Editing.” It could not be more deserved. If you haven’t read it …
. If you’re in Utah this weekend, be sure to check out the following Peculiar Pages-related sessions of AML’s annual conference on Saturday, April 21: . 9am Tyler Chadwick, editor of Fire in the Pasture, presenting on “Situating Sonospophy: Deconstructing Alex Caldiero’s Poetarium.” Alex, of course, is both the subject of …
. Fire in the Pasture editor Tyler Chadwick has launched http://fireinthepasture.org/ which,to be frank, puts this current incarnation of PeculiarPages.com to shame. It’s lovely and chokkefulle of poetry, analysis, poet info, et cetera. Highly recommended for your Mormon-poetry needs. Meanwhile, the Fire in the Pasture Facebook page (which I presume you’re already following) has …
. . . . the Latter-day Saints are a minority with a vibrant subculture which has an inherent value, just like any other minority. The interesting thing about the Mormons as a minority is that the defining characteristic of the people is not ethnicity, language or place, and that the …
. On the 25th at Ken Sanders Rare Books (map), Fire in the Pasture‘s editor Tyler Chadwick will be leading readings from the book. Among the poets likely to appear at this substantial event are E.S. Jenkins, Elizabeth Pinborough, Lisa Bickmore, Alan Mitchell, Alex Caldiero, Sunni Wilkinson, Danielle Dubrasky, Sarah Duffy, Marie Brian, Laura Nielson Baxter, (Paul Swenson*), …
. If you are in Utah Valley, head on down to UVU and check out Life, the Universe & Everything. Always a blast, natch, this year will be even better with a Monster & Mormons session led by none other than Nathan Shumate and featuring Dan Wells! Eric James Stone! Jaleta …
. We have received a report that Fire in the Pasture-poet Paul Swenson has passed. He’s been a significant poet for many decades and will be missed.
. This Saturday at Claremont Graduate University, Sunstone West, a small tidier Sunstone Symposium, will feature panels about two Peculiar Pages book. (Note that times and participants are subject to clarification.) The first, Monsters & Mormons, accomplished with the help of A Motley Vision and the most fun currently available in print. Participating …
. Mike, as I’m sure I don’t need to tell you, is one of modern comics’s great talents—possibly a genius—and, wait for it, he’s a Mormon. This is his spifftacular take on our latest tome. : : Isn’t it incredible that existence even exists? So much is taken for granted, …
. If you have not been following Fire in the Pasture editor Tyler Chadwick’s scintillating and scalpellating comments on the poems of his new book, you are truly missing out. The added value of his mini-essays could well double the what you’re getting for your money. So pick up a copy of …
. Galen was awarded Orycon’s Directors Choice award for Best Horror in the Art Show. We’re very excited for her. And in celebration, how about a snippet from her Monsters & Mormons work (script by John Remy)? read about the ninja monkeys
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