Never assume that because a man has no eyes, he cannot see.
Master Po to Kaine, upon their first meeting.
Suddenly, I, Lisa Torcasso Downing, am Master Po. I’ve taken on a charge, a kid in the ward who wants to become a writer.
Yeah, I know. Teenagers who want to be writers [...]
The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum Magazine are pleased to announce the 2009 Irreantum Fiction Contest and Charlotte and Eugene England Essay Contest.
This post is written by Lisa Torcasso-Downing, the fiction editor of Irreantum, a fantastic writer and critic, and one who provides direct service through her literary efforts to many other human beings, one of them being me. Seriously, I don’t know what I’d do without her on Irreantum’s staff. And can I say, [...]
I’ve been up to my metaphorical armpits in short stories lately. I’m editing an LDS short fiction anthology for Zarahamla Books and as a result I’ve been reading back issues of all the RBS magazines (of course) as well as Googling relatively obscure Mormon authors and emailing relatively famous ones. It’s been fun. [...]
The following is an excerpt from “Going Mainstream: Chaim Potok as a Model for Mormon Literature,” by Elizabeth K. M. Busby, published in the most recent issue of Irreantum.
After reading Busby’s essay, I’d like to hear your thoughts on the following: Can a Mormon author write an unapologetically Mormon story—similar to Potok’s [...]
It’s true: I love me a good sentence. I like plots, stories, characters. Individual words can be a lot of fun, and a kickin’ paragraph does please me. But a really good sentence? Or a few excellent sentences in a row?
Write some and I’m yours. You’ve got me.
After last week’s discussion of Jack Harrell’s award-winning story “Calling and Election,” I sent some of your questions (and a few of my own) Jack’s way. But before we get to his answers, a little bit about Jack himself:
Jack Harrell teaches English and creative writing at Brigham Young University-Idaho. His novel Vernal Promises won [...]
The very first story in the most recent issue of Irreantum is the 1st place winner of the 2007 Irreantum fiction contest, “Calling and Election” by Jack Harrell. The story is insightful and strange and beautiful and complex and challenging–and utterly Mormon. Not only does the piece exemplify good writing (lovely prose, striking [...]
This post is a slightly altered version of a similar post I did for Segullah earlier this year. Since The Red Brick Store is particularly interested in cultivating good writing (and increasing our magazines’ ratio of quality submissions), I thought it might be worthwhile to post it here as well. The tips [...]
Irreantum is at the printer, and I am relieved. Glad, too, and proud of what the staff and writers have accomplished, but I am enjoying having a little window of time open up in my day again, time that I can dedicate to the myriad other responsibilities (and joys) of my life. I [...]
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