tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post6959140543280394361..comments2024-03-28T10:52:38.144-04:00Comments on Shelf Actualization: Review: Wasatch- Mormon Stories and a NovellaMacEvoy DeMaresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017894338443984921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-56043317470919249162012-02-08T07:39:43.804-05:002012-02-08T07:39:43.804-05:00Thanks, Andrew. I stand corrected on Udall, and st...Thanks, Andrew. I stand corrected on Udall, and stand in awe of your comprehensive reviews. Thank you for dropping in!MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-21296722964685901042012-02-07T21:29:13.639-05:002012-02-07T21:29:13.639-05:00Tucker, for more Mormon literature, I recommend An...Tucker, for more Mormon literature, I recommend Angela Hallstrom's Bound on Earth.<br />http://www.low-techworld.org/2011/02/modern-mormon-family-review-of-angela.html<br /><br />Here are my reviews of Mormon literature in 2011.<br />http://blog.mormonletters.org/?p=3794<br />http://blog.mormonletters.org/?p=3910<br /><br />And I would not say Brady Udall is "ex-Mormon". He has said in interviews that he does not have a testimony of the Church, but that he still considers himself Mormon. <br />https://www.dialoguejournal.com/2010/an-interview-with-brady-udall/Andrew H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01447530562656745764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-63983548098179341552012-02-07T14:13:05.995-05:002012-02-07T14:13:05.995-05:00I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but I ...I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but I know there’s a great debate about what would constitute the “Great Mormon Novel.” Some say it’s already been penned, and point to books like Levi Petersen’s The Backslider as proof. Others say it still eludes us, and may not ever come to fruition. They point to ex-mormon authors like Brady Udall as being the closest we can get.<br /><br />For his part, Stegner said he thought it would be written by someone who had left the Mormon church, and then come half-way back- whatever that might mean (maybe embracing the culture but not the beliefs? Who knows…)<br /><br />All I know, based on my limited experience, is that Thayer’s a good step in the right direction.MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-75548693327003567732012-02-07T12:36:59.934-05:002012-02-07T12:36:59.934-05:00This topic actually really interests me. I've...This topic actually really interests me. I've been operated under the theory that "Mormon Literature" (as in acclaimed literature) didn't really exist. Yet, now I am reading that Thayer's writings (which I had never heard of) are compared to Hemingway, and Willa Cather!?!<br /><br />It's interesting that, as a Mormon myself, I've read a fair amount of Jewish literature (Saul Bellow and Phillip Roth for starters), yet have never really read anything that I would call "Mormon Literature."<br /><br />The closest I have happened upon would be Wallace Stegner (who wasn't Mormon, but wrote about Salt Lake City and Utah). I love Stegner.<br /><br />But Mormon Literature? It exists?<br /><br />Really?!Tucker McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669402261761814260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-13394785101792304532012-02-07T12:28:18.770-05:002012-02-07T12:28:18.770-05:00The "Mormon Hemingway"? I can't get...The "Mormon Hemingway"? I can't get over that phrase. "The Mormon Hemingway." <br /><br />Who is the "Mormon James Joyce?" And the "Mormon Toni Morrison?"Tucker McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669402261761814260noreply@blogger.com