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Hello, AMLians! Editor Theric here, visiting from Irreantum to provide a report on volume 18 issue 1, our summer issue.
Today marks 177 years exactly since Parley P. Pratt’s classic “Joe Smith and the Devil” first appeared in New York Herald. It’s one of the works that drew me into the field of Mormon lit and I thought why not celebrate it again?
So I reached out to a variety of writers and artists and asked them to respond to the dialogue.
I also asked them to invite another person to participate, with the goal of ten total participants.
Not everyone made it to the finish line, but we ended up with a fascinating mix of poetry, fiction, personal essay, video, and illustration.
Kent Larsen also pitched in, providing a critical version of the dialogue, complete with notes, and his own analysis of the dialogue’s place in MoLit history.
Be sure to check it out. It’s good stuff!
AND SPEAKING OF GOOD STUFF, as part of the ongoing dream of paying Irreantum contributors, alongside this issue we are launching a Kickstarter. And it is already a success.
Less than an hour after launching, enough generous souls signed up to guarantee support of the Kickstarter and the issue’s contributors. If you would like a signed copy of David Habben‘s original Joe-Smith-and-the-Devil art, swing by and grab one today.
And I’m offering a little something of myself, as well.
Come join the fun