Irreantum, Volume 4, No. 3, Autumn 2002

Irreantum, Autumn 2002

Irreantum Autumn 2002—Volume 4, Number 3

Interviews

Douglas Thayer

Paul Edwards

Novel Excerpts

A White House, Douglas Thayer (An excerpt from The Conversion of Jeff Williams, which would be published in 2003)

The Angel Acronym, Paul Edwards

Memoir Excerpt

Rocky, Fertile, and Scorched, Tom Johnson (An excerpt from an unpublished longer work about his missionary experiences in Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Editorial

Sing, Ye Waste Places of Jerusalem, Harlow Soderborg Clark (a rumination on the poetry in this issue, and the work of Bela Petsco)

Essay

On Writing “Umbilical Cord”, Darlene Young

Poetry

Times of Refreshing: 1820, Alice E. Howe
And She Loved to Dance, Bela Petsco
Elegy, Bela Petsco
Umbilical Cord, Darlene Love
Fire, Marilyn Brown

Stories

Idaho Love Song, Sharlee Mullins Glenn
Jabulane, Brian Jackson
Rissa Orders Cheesecake, Darlene Young
On the Last Day, God Created, Virginia Baker

Reviews

A review of Tom Plummer’s Second Wind and Waltzing to a Different Strummer, by Laraine Wilkins
A review of Jeff Call’s Mormonvile, by Jeffrey Needle
A review of Jerry E. Johnston’s Dear Hearts, Gentle People, by Jeffrey Needle
A review of Eric Samuelsen’s play Peculiarities, by R. W. Rasband
A review of the movie Out of Step, by D. Michael Martindale
Selected Recent Releases

Mormon Literary Scene

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