COVER ART “Remember Them Alive”
Annelise Duque is a Filipino-American artist who explores cultural identity, heritage, and belonging in her photographs. Her work borrows from the aesthetics of mid-century home magazines and uses the symbol of the garden to seek connection and healing. Her work has been shown by The Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tropical Contemporary, Rio Gallery, and Humble Arts Foundation. In 2019, she received a BFA from Brigham Young University. She is a 2021 Visual Arts Fellow with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. @annelise.duque
LETTER FROM EDITOR “Staying Open” by Carol Ann Litster Young
ESSAY “On Saying Yes to Boys” by Hannah MacDonald
POETRY “Imposter” by Alixa Brobbey
FICTION “The Book of Eve” by Roxanne Gray
POETRY “During the Sacrament” by Carol Lynn Pearson
FLANNEL BOARD “Detokenizing Heavenly Mother” by Erika Koth Barrett
ESSAY “What They Taught Me” by Lisa Poulson
ARTIST FEATURE “Starting the Conversation” – An Interview with Victoria-Riza Hyde
POETRY “Fundamentalist & Aftermath” by Mary Caroline Cole
BOOK REVIEW “Beyond the Mapped Stars” a novel by Rosalyn Eves
ESSAY “The Incoming U.S. Immigrant Website” by Sherrie L.M. Gavin
ESSAY “Grass Crown” by Cynthia Watte Connell
SABBATH PASTORALS “Personal Records, Tunnels, and Trying Again” by Sarah Ostler Hill
POETRY “Answered Prayer” by Brinn Elizabeth Bagley
BOOK REVIEW “Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops” a memoir by Allison Hong Merrill
THEOLOGY “Redeeming Queerness” by Blaire Ostler
POETRY “Fast Sunday” by Alixa Brobbey
ESSAY “A Woman, Mowing the Grass” by Amy Sorenson
POETRY “Wondering Airs” by S.E. Page
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BLOG by Kaylee, Jody England Hansen, Green
ESSAY “Retreating” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Rachel Rueckert
Managing Editors Carol Ann Litster Young, Sam Layco
Art Editor Page Turner
Managing Art Editor Natalie Taylor
Layout Designer/ Editor Rosie Gochnour Serago
Women’s Theology Editor Eliza Wells
Sabbath Pastorals Editor Fara Sneddon
Poetry Editor Abby Parcell
Subscription Manager Kirsten Campbell
Proofreaders Kami Coppins, Cherie Pedersen, Karen Rosenbaum
Additional Staff Caroleine James, Kimberly Ence, Emily Gray, Karen Rosenbaum, Shannon Soper, Heather Sundahl, Kate Bennion, Natalie Prado, Tia Thomas, Sherrie L. M. Gavin, Tracy Allen
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
President Barbara Christiansen
Treasurer Susan Christiansen
Secretary Kirsten Campbell
Members Katrina Vinck Baker, Tirza Davis, Lindsay Denton, Sam Layco, Carol Ann Litster Young, Rachel Rueckert, Heather Sundahl, Lori LeVar Pierce
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SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to Rocio Cisneros, Annelise Duque, Susan Krueger-Barber, Kayleigh Ross London, Victoria-Riza Hyde, Gabriela Ibarra, Kathleen Peterson, Emmalee Powell, Emma Squire and Lauren Walke for their artwork in this issue. We also want to acknowledge Mary Caroline Cole’s poems in this issue, which are reprinted from the Winter 2021 issue with corrected titles.
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