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By Association for Mormon Letters
Winter Issue of Irreantum Released
SPRINGVILLE, UTAH -- The nonprofit Association for Mormon Letters is
pleased to announce publication of the winter 2000-2001 issue of
IRREANTUM, our literary quarterly devoted to exploring fiction,
drama, poetry, and other literature BY or ABOUT Mormons. This
128-page issue is mostly devoted to speculative fiction (science
fiction and fantasy), featuring a cover interview with novelist Dave
Wolverton, six works of speculative fiction, and two essays assessing
the Mormon speculative fiction experience. This issue also features
an interview with Mormon short story writer Mary Clyde, who recently
won the Flannery O'Connor Award and whose collection of short
stories, SURVIVAL RATES, has just been released in paperback by
Norton.
Following is the issue's full table of contents. If you would like to
order a copy of this issue, send a check for $4 (postage is included)
to AML, 262 S. Main St., Springville, UT 84663. For a four-issue
subscription, send $12. For more information about the Association
for Mormon Letters and IRREANTUM magazine, visit
http://www.xmission.com/~aml .
Spring 2000-2001 contents:
Editorial: Many Modes of Mormon Expression, Scott R. Parkin
News of the Association for Mormon Letters
Interviews
Dave Wolverton
Mary Clyde
Essays
"Nietzsche Was Right" and Other Pitfalls in Depicting Evil in Fiction,
Lee Allred
Fantastic Journeys: Mormon Authors Say Faith Informs Their Science
Fiction, Kimberly Winston
Fiction
And All Our Banners Flying, M. Shayne Bell
The Glowing, Thom Duncan
Dead People, Russell William Asplund
Holy Wars: Book One of Sergeyev's Covenant, Diann Thornley
Take out the Trash, Melva L. Gifford
For the Strength of the Hills, Lee Allred
Poetry
The Missionary's Return, Michael R. Collings
Celebration, Michael R. Collings
Christ of Universe, Michael R. Collings
*Blothisojan, Michael R. Collings
Positronic Love Affair, Linda Paulson Adams
Madwoman's Bane, Linda Paulson Adams
Breadcrumbs, Jane D. Brady
Summer, Darlene Young
How to Make a Dragon, Sapphire Hodges
Sin and Simile, Gideon Burton
Reviews
Disoriented, Michael Ritchey
Reviewed by Preston Hunter
Enchantment, Orson Scott Card
Reviewed by D. Michael Martindale
Ingathering: The Complete People Stories, Zenna Henderson
Reviewed by Preston Hunter
The Gathering Storm, Kenneth R. Tarr
Reviewed by Jeff Needle
Selected Recent Releases
Mormon Literary Scene
AML-List Highlights
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