Below, I have posted the editorial that will appear in the upcoming double issue of Irreantum, due to arrive in your mailbox in November. The characters you’ll come to know in this issue include a pair of feuding farmers, a suicidal grandmother, an adulterous wife, a disgraced seminary teacher, and an earthen volcano erupting with [...]
Introductory question: In Church culture we put a lot of stock in certainty (testimonies), but perhaps too much at times. At the same time, does God want us to give up what little certainty we have in our quest for greater light and knowledge? Living the Mysteries, Loving the Questions By Frances Lee Menlove Are [...]
Kathy’s post reminded me of our earlier exchange, on the occasion of Segullah’s introduction to the bloggernacle. Rereading, I had two thoughts: 1) I am not very nice when I’m feeling defensive. (Sorry, Kathy) 2) The problem of branding in Mormon publications is a very strange beast.
First, read the article. Once you’re done crying, read the book. “Enjoy it!” she said to me, thinking her advice was falling on eager ears. I will, if you will! I thought, remembering her countless complaints, her apathetic husband, delinquent son, and lazy five-year-old. “Enjoy it” has been offered up to me as a gift [...]
Two years ago The Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer found its way into the book stores of Utah. It was a book put together from the combined efforts of the writers of The Sugar Beet, an online Mormon humor newspaper. Our wonderful publisher, wanting to sell a few of these books, put together a publicity campaign for [...]
Each issue, Sunstone features a section called Touchstones. It’s a collection of short, reflective writing on a particular topic, usually between 400 and 500 words (though we do make exceptions for exceptional writing). The Touchstones topics for the next two issues are “A Window Opens” and “Eye of the Needle.” These topics are left intentionally [...]
Some of you might not be familiar with Segullah: Writings by Latter-day Saint Women. By way of introduction, I’m going to cheat by recycling my Times & Seasons post from last summer. Here’s a teaser: Two years ago when Segullah made its debut I fielded lots of questions. The most frequent was this: Why a new journal? [...]
Brian Doyle, the editor of Portland Magazine, reflects here on his 30 years as an editor for various venues. Very funny, very insightful, and it even has a Mormon in it! A quick snippet: “Editing is hardly ever what the non-inky world thinks it is, which is copyediting, which is merely the very last and [...]
(Following is the final editorial Dan Wotherspoon wrote for Sunstone. ) As many of you have already learned, I am stepping away from the Sunstone helm following the Salt Lake symposium this August. That moment will come after seven and a half of the most wonderful years in my life. As in every life transition, [...]
Subscribe to RSS