Moments of Inspiration: Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s “Breathe”
Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s “Breathe” Post 29/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: (Direct link to audio file.)
View ArticleAccumulated Longing: Tara Timpson’s “Missing Her”
Tara Timpson’s “Missing Her” Post 30/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: (Direct link to audio file.)
View ArticleSanctify My Questions: Tara Timpson’s “Small Gifts”
Tara Timpson’s “Small Gifts” Post 31/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: (Direct link to audio file.)
View ArticleOpen Call for Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry
We’re Seeking Poems about Heavenly Mother Peculiar Pages is seeking submissions for a poetry anthology titled Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry. This anthology will consist of historical and...
View ArticleAnnouncing Stunt Double by Elizabeth Garcia
I’m writing in behalf of friend and fellow poet, Liz Garcia, whose first book of poetry, Stunt Double, is being published by Finishing Line Press. (See below for an excerpt from and endorsements of the...
View ArticleOn Poets & Poetry: Salt to the World
BYU Studies Quarterly just published my review essay on two recent poetry collections: Susan Elizabeth Howe’s Salt (Signature Books, 2013) and Lance Larsen’s Genius Loci (University of Tampa Press,...
View ArticleEnter the Poetarium: On the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy
After nine years of doctoral study, I’m finally putting my PhD to bed. I defend my dissertation the morning of May 1 and will be presenting some of my research in a colloquium that afternoon. If...
View ArticleOn the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy
In January of 2011, I shared my dissertation proposal on Alex Caldiero’s sonosophy and my comprehensive Ph.D. exam lists with the community at A Motley Vision. I passed my comps in early June 2012 and...
View ArticleMormon Poetry, 2012 to the Present
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is publishing an essay of mine about Mormon poetry over the last five years. I asked the editor, Boyd Petersen, if it’d be all right to post the proof for the...
View ArticleReview of Ephemerist by Lisa Bickmore
Click here for PDF of Ephemerist review for Dialogue Proofs for ~1200 word review of Bickmore’s latest book. I recommend buying and reading everything she writes. We’re lucky to have her.
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