The issue has an emphasis on humor.
EDITORIAL: “He That Sitteth in the Heavens Shall Laugh”: The New Mormon Humor, Edgar C. Snow Jr.
News of the Association for Mormon Letters
INTERVIEW: Robert Kirby
ESSAYS: Surprise, Surprise! Reflections on the Oxymoronic Question of Mormon Humor, Elouise Bell
MIA: Missing in Action, Ann Edwards Cannon
FICTION: The Chastening, Helynne Hollstein Hansen
Checkmating Elder Kirkland, Matt Crosby
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You, Donald R. Marshall
For the Strength of the Hills (Part Two), Lee Allred
POETRY: Missionary’s Lament, Richard Johnson. Untitled, Tony A. Markham. Don’t Say It, Beth Hatch. A Father’s Love, Paul W. Sexton. Resurrected Spring, Linda P. Adams. Wrong Way, Katie Parker. An Argument, Katie Parker. Educated Woman, Laraine Wilkins. Mimesis Upended: A Reluctant Nod to Mr. Wilde, Sharlee Mullins Glenn. Raison D’Etre, Sharlee Mullins Glenn. Love’s Lungs, Gideon Burton. Nacho Hell, Gideon Burton. Around Here All the Poets Have Already Left, Dennis Marden Clark.
REVIEWS: When Are We Taking Ourselves Too Seriously? Patricia T. Coleman A review of Elouise Bell’s Only When I Laugh
Freshly Peeled Air, Katie Parker A review of Anne Bradshaw’s Terracotta Summer
Whose Best-Loved Line Is It Anyway? Edgar C. Snow Jr. A review of The Best-Loved Humor of the LDS People
Falling Toward Heaven, Christopher K. Bigelow A review of John Bennion’s Falling Toward Heaven
Sung with Vim, Vigor, and a Delicate Tongue, Harlow S. Clark A review of Edgar Snow’s Of Curious Workmanship, Peggy Fletcher Stack and Kathleen Peterson’s A World of Faith, Robert Kirby’s Provo Daily Herald article “Dressing Like a Mormon Guy for Only $39.93”
Selected Recent Releases
Mormon Literary Scene
AML-List Highlights