R. W. Rasband

R. W. RASBAND lives in Heber City, Utah, where he sings bass in his ward choir. He thanks Kristin Bowcutt and the staff of the Wasatch County Library for help in preparing this essay. Portions of the essay appeared, in a different form, on AML-List (http://www.aml-online.org/list/index.html).

Without Mercy? Neil LaBute as Mormon Artist: A consideration of Your Friends and Neighbors, Bash, The Mercy Seat, and The Shape of Things

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 2

Philip Roth once noted that American writers were divided into two camps: “palefaces,” followers of the refined genteel tradition of Henry James and William Dean Howells with their elevated sensibilities and decorous language, and “redskins”…