“50 Years: A Reunion Issue”
We invite you to ponder, as we have asked each contributor of this issue: What has Exponent II meant to you?
“The Book of Mormon For the Least of These: Volume 3”
This book has never been more urgent, timely, relevant, and needed.
“The Art of Losing”
This issue offers a mosaic of truth as the writers and artists wrestle with the “art of losing.”
“O LADY, SPEAK AGAIN by Dayna Patterson”
The poems grapple with women’s roles in Shakespeare and also in Mormon culture.
. . . I’m especially struck by Patterson’s compelling, revisionist lens.
“THE LOVE MAP by Carol Lynn Pearson”
The Love Map is a short but mighty novel with a lovely message, no matter in which of the four kingdoms a reader might most often find herself.
“Inhabiting Church as Women of Color Across Mexico, Botswana, and the United States”
Book Review of Caroline Kline’s Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness (University of Illinois Press, 2022) Caroline Kline’s book, Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness (University of Illinois Press, 2022) leans into the longstanding tension between gender and race within The Church of […]
“Eve Choices”
I struggle with decisions. When I say that, I don’t mean “it takes me five minutes to order a sandwich” (though that is true). I mean that decision making, especially when it comes to big life choices, sends me into debilitating, life-disruptive anxiety that is so painful, so acute, and so perplexing to others that […]
“Light at the Water’s Edge of Language”
Review of The Brain’s Lectionary: Psalms and Observations by Elizabeth Pinborough Elizabeth Pinborough’s The Brain’s Lectionary: Psalms and Observations (BCC Press 2022) is a poignant collection of poems that trace the narrator’s literal and figurative paths toward healing after a traumatic brain injury. The collection embraces the full potential of the page, both in words […]
“Ninety-Nine Refiner’s Fires”
Book review of Allison Hong Merrill’s Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops Abusers hate nothing more than when those they’ve harmed speak up. If we evaluated books based on the courage it takes authors to write their painful lived experiences despite threats and the fear or reliving trauma, Allison Hong Merrill’s coming-of-age memoir, Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops (She Writes […]
“Beyond the Mapped Road of Storytelling”
Book review of Rosalyn Eves’ Beyond the Mapped Stars Beyond the Mapped Stars by Rosalyn Eves (Knopf, August 2021) is a powerful coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old Mormon girl, Elizabeth, who wants to become an astronomer despite her self-doubt and the traditional expectations of her beloved family and community. The plot revolves around the 1878 […]
