Irreantum, Volume 5, No. 4/Volume 6, No. 1, Winter 2003/Spring 2004
Special Issue: Exploring Mormon Film
Interviews
Neil LaBute 13
John Moyer 33
Essays
Problematic Moralist: Neil LaBute and the Via Negativa, John-Charles Duffy 18
Why Crossover Is a Dirty Word, Jongiorgi Enos 21
HaleStorm Showers May Bring Flowers, Stephen Carter 44
Movie Moratorium, Alan Rex Mitchell 48
Screenplay Excerpt
Mobsters & Mormons, John Moyer 39
Reports
Indie Mormon Cinema Attempts a Mainstream Conversion, Ed Halter 53
Dave Wolverton Pursues Big-Budget Movie Project, Robyn Heirtzler 55
Film Novelization Excerpt
Brigham City, Marilyn Brown 57
Reviews
Pride & Prejudice Succeeds on Its Own Terms, Scott Parkin
A review of the movie Pride & Prejudice 133
Not about Mormons, Jonathan Langford
A review of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America 135
Other material
Editorials
Transition Time, Christopher Bigelow 7
Literary Connections to Antiquity, Harlow S. Clark 116
AML News 8
Stories
Autobahn, Neil LaBute 66
Sacred Places, Angie Lofthouse 70
The Care of the State, Brian Evenson 77
The Meek Shall Inherit, Samuel Brown 82
Seriously, Katherine Woodbury 93
Memoirs
Porch Haircut, Darin Cozzens 89
Superman, Travis Manning 121
Interviews
Susan Elizabeth Howe 100
Linda Paulson Adams 104
Novel Excerpt
Refining Fire, Linda Paulson Adams 111
Essay
A Poem Is a Gift, Janean Justham 118
Poetry
A Leg, to Stand On, Jana Bouck Remy 6
Mother-Daughter, Janean Justham 116
Worst Details, Janean Justham 117
Poetry Excerpt
From the Epic Mormoniad: 1 Nephi 4–5, Peter J. Sorensen 119
Reviews
2003 in Review: Mormon Fiction and Drama, Andrew Hall 126
LaBute’s “Attempt at Resurrection,” R. W. Rasband
A review of Neil LaBute’s play The Distance from Here 132
Not-So-Divine Womanhood, Melody Warnick
A review of Veda Hale’s Ragged Circle 138
A Black Mormon’s Memoir, Henry Miles
A review of Darron Terry Smith’s What Matters Most: A Story of Human Potential 139
A Good, Fun Story of Romantic Trials, Katie Parker
A review of Tamra Norton’s Molly Married? 143
Dr. Anthony Strikes Again, Jeffrey Needle
A review of Carl B. Andersen’s The Hidden Path 144
Characters Face Difficult Choices, Katie Parker
A review of Shelly Johnson-Choong’s Finding Home 145
Challenging and Troubling Story, Jeffrey Needle
A review of Elizabeth Petty Bentley’s The Fly on the Rose 146
Kidnapped Girl Guides Family, Katie Parker
A review of Rachel Ann Nunes’s A Heartbeat Away 147
A Debut Novel Shows Potential, Jeffrey Needle
A review Linda Paulson Adams’s Prodigal Journey 149
Selected Recent Releases 151
Mormon Literary Scene 53155