Lisa Torcasso Downing

LISA TORCASSO DOWNING {[email protected]} has served as fiction editor for Sunstone Magazine and Irreantum. Her short stories and essays have appeared in multiple publications, and she has published three novels for middle-grade readers. You can read her commentary on the Mormon experience at Life Outside the Book of Mormon Belt (outsidethebookofmormonbelt. com). She is a former adjunct professor for Collin College.

Grappling with LDS Identity Formation: A Review of Recent Young Adult Novels Rosalyn Eves, Beyond the Mapped Stars James Goldberg and Janci Patterson, The Bollywood Lovers’ Club

Articles/Essays – Volume 55, No. 3

Belonging

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 3

At Bay

Articles/Essays – Volume 37, No. 4

There are no waves on the bay side of the peninsula. The tide simply licks up and back, up and back on the sand shore. Beyond the shore, tall sailboats of vivid blues, greens, and…

Straight Home

Articles/Essays – Volume 43, No. 1

Six cars pulled through the intersection, one after the other over the course of an hour, but none of them was hers. Barefoot, Bart waited on the slat bench outside his front door, picking away…

Review: Empowerment at the Local Level Neylan McBaine. Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women’s Local Impact

Articles/Essays – Volume 47, No. 4