[…] invitations: Men should engage in a good cause—do many things of their own free will, seek learning, get understanding, be industrious and diligent, cease to be idle, seek knowledge and God-like intelligence—all necessary moral […]
[…] pump new life and en ergy into the enterprise. Neal Chandler is the director of the Creative Writing Program at Cleveland State University where he also teaches fiction writing, play writing, and English composition. […]
[…] mind. It is a meditation on spirituality, but it urges careful pondering as opposed to fervent response. Writing a poem at the end of the twentieth century about communing with God in nature is […]
[…] into this one, but also with how to express it—how to employ the lyric gift in the service of an unwieldy and mysterious narrative. In some ways, this struggle becomes a meta-discourse on how […]
[…] more sensitive to that bias, and Avery has contributed mightily to a much-needed balance in our historical writing. Most other Mormon historians would also neglect the long friendship David enjoys with Charles Jensen. “Charley” […]
[…] poems. Speaking in first-person voice, the testament naturally emphasizes the individuality and unique perceptions of the person writing the work, although it also makes use of continuity with tradition. The authority of the author […]
[…] varied reasons for selecting his or her subject. Newell Bringhurst candidly discusses his motivations for researching and writing about Fawn McKay Brodie. “She was born of stalwart Mormon pioneer stock,” he notes, “her ancestors having […]
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[…] and later Oxford University in England where he studied literature. He then embarked on a career in writing and published numerous articles and cartoons in various magazines. During World War II he worked for […]