From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #441 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Tuesday, September 4 2001 Volume 01 : Number 441 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:45:50 -0600 From: "Todd Petersen" Subject: Re: [AML] Joseph Smith Story Barbara wrote: "I was thinking that no matter how charismatic and attractive the prophet = was the idea of sleeping with another woman's husband is totally gross . . = ." I taught a little essay about contemporary polygamous (polgynous, = acutally) life near Big Water, UT to some kids in an argument class, and = their response was repulsion as wel, so it's a common onel.=20 However, I think that if we focus only on the libidious aspects of a = representation of polygamy (historical or literary) then we're missing the = point. Sure there was sexual activity, but there were also families as a = result, mothers who loved their children, mothers who might not otherwise = have had that opportunity. I have also come across African and Islamic polygamy in an African film = class I took as an undergrad, and the teacher made it a point to remind us = that one of the films depicted a great sense of reverence and respect by = the husband for his wives' nudity. I think that our modern sensibility = projects passions and so forth onto these relationships that might not be = there or might be differently understood. I have a polygamy story in the latest issue Dialogue, and in that story I = struggled over how much of the sexuality to portray and how much to leave = to the imaginations of the readers. It was a hard thing to settle on, = much harder I imagine with the Prophet Joseph. We are--as a church, as readers, and as artists--going to have to get a = little less reactionary about representations of our prophets. Let them = be better within the sphere of their callings and human in other matters. = I'll bet the brethren's estimations of themselves are not nearly as high = as ours. Catholics have struggled over Pius XII's issues with the holocaust, but in = large part they have survived and have flourished. We need to overcome = polygamy in the same way and the imperfections of our prophets. I think = that sensitive artistic representations can really offer some help because = of the fact that they are NOT history, maybe at best just histori-CAL. We should also remember that some of the early saints found the prophet = wrestling with some kids and turned on their heels and left, under the = impression that a prophet sat in the corner all day with his head bowed = and a constant issue of prayer leaking out of his mouth. - -- Todd Robert Petersen - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:03:09 -0600 From: MGA Subject: Re: [AML] Joseph Smith Story I don't think that NIGHTFALL AT NAUVOO (which I just re-read last month) is considered a novel. When in publication, it was listed under "history." Of course, Sam Taylor was such a talented writer that his history reads like fiction. ROB - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:08:24 -0600 From: Gerald G Enos Subject: [AML] Polygamy (was: Joseph Smith Story) [MOD: Just a reminder that for this thread to stay on-topic for AML-List, we need to keep the discussion on literary aspects of the depiction of polygamy, not its doctrinal or historical aspects. Several of the posts so far have been on the borderline in this respect. Personal responses are marginally okay insofar as they help to illustrate the range of responses to this issue within the Mormon audience; however, I'm likely to pull the plug on the discussion if literary connections start being overshadowed by other elements of the discussion.] I've been thinking about polygamy alot lately, and I agree. Just because you think polygamy is evil doesn't mean you think sex is. I just don't understand why people are so apposed to it. After all some of our greatest Bibilical prophets and leaders had even hundreds of wives. It would take a lot of research but I would like to write a story, from a wifes point of view, about polygamy working in a modern setting. Personaly I won't live it because we are not supposed to right now but if it were legal and the Church supported it again I just might. Konnie Enos ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:04:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Steffany Name Subject: Re: [AML] An Iconography of Our Own - --- "Eric D. Snider" wrote: > > > Don't forget the New Era shorthand of putting facial > hair on young men to indicate that they're rebellious/from thewrong side of the tracks/non-members. > It was always a joke in our seminary class that blonde girls were always the "righteous" girl in the seminary films, and the "bad" girls were always brunette. Strange. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:09:20 -0600 From: margaret young Subject: Re: [AML] Great Salt Lake Book Festival This one is the Boise Festival of Books, Sept. 14-15. Robert Van Wagoner (_Dancing Naked_) will also be on the panel. The way it was described to me, I am to be the "voice of moderation." Hmmmmm. Morgan Adair wrote: > >>> margaret_young@byu.edu 08/29/01 12:43PM >>> > > > >I just read a book called _The Ferry Woman_ written (by a guy) > > Gerald Grimmett > > >I have not had time for reading other than research material, but > >needed to read _The Ferry Woman_ because I'll be on a panel with > >the author, and wanted to know what he'd done. > > Is this going to be at the Great Salt Lake Book Festival (Sept 22-23)? I notice that Grimmett was on the schedule: > > http://www.utahhumanities.org/bookfestival/bookfestival.html > > along with a bunch of other familiar names: Terry Tempest Williams, Tom Lyon, Stephen Trimble, James Welch, Levi Peterson, John Bennion, Dennis Clark, Linda Sillitoe, Alan Barnett, Martha Bradley, Carol Lynn Pearson, Steve Siporin, David Lee, and on the list of writers "confirmed" to be in attendance, Eugene England, whose attendance will guarantee that I'll be there, too. > > MBA > (Morgan B. Adair) - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:20:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Steffany Name Subject: [AML] B. Weston ROOK, _The Junction_ (Review) The Junction by B. Weston Rook Xlibris, 2001. ISBN: 0-7388-6760-8 Suggested retail price: $16.00 Reviewed by Steffany Jamison (Sacramento, CA) I have to admit that I only started reading this book because my husband didn't like it. Since he and I generally have much different taste in books, I decided to see if I liked it. And I certainly did! "The Junction" follows the adventures of Deems Ellison, a member of the church who went inactive soon after his mission to colorado. He now works for the FBI and is given the assignment to go undercover as bait for a killer who is targeting missionaries. Not only is it difficult for this man to live as a missionary when he has lost his testimony, but his FBI partner on the case is a man who is anti-mormon. Most of the conflicts in this story come from the difficulties of trying to live a missionary life. Many plots and twists happen in the story. For example, a young woman in the ward they cover gets a crush on Deems, not knowing he is 30 years old! It is very humorous. I found myself laughing out loud several times. But there are some very suspenseful and tense parts also. I think this is a story about conversion and recommitment to the gospel. B. Weston Rook successfully weaves the humor and struggles of missionary life into a backdrop of suspense and mystery. I loved how he tells this story as though he was actually there -- he is even one of the characters in the book. This is one of the things my husband didn't like. But it's pretty common in some of my favorite stories. Don't the the first chapter scare you off! There isn't anything gruesome after that. My husband had read other books by B. Weston Rook and was expecting the same sort of thing, and I guess this story is different than his others. I'm not sure. This book has a great ending. Unfortunately I can't tell you about it because that would ruin the mystery! I'm hoping the author decides to write a sequel. We bought the book from Amazon.com. I'm not sure if it is in bookstores everywhere but I know it is in Barnes and Noble. The author also has a website. www.bwestonrook.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:20:10 -0600 From: margaret young Subject: [AML] Pioneer Trek Reenactment Here's some information on the re-enactment of the pioneer trek. It doesn't tell about the finale, but you can contact Marilyn Mills (marilyndpa@aol.com) for those details. Return-path: Dear Friends, I need your help in spreading the word about an awesome event. I have heard=20 more and more that many people have still not heard anything about this=20 historic celebration. I need your help in forwarding this message to as man= y=20 friends and family as you can. I would be very sad to learn that someone=20 missed this because they didn't get the word. Thank you sooo much. Your Sister, Marilyn Mills Trek to re-enact pioneer history August 13, 2001 San Bernardino Sun Newspaper GINA BOTHNER SAN BERNARDINO One hundred fifty years ago, Lynn Bogh's=20 great-great-grandfather and San Bernardino's first mayor, Amasa Mason Lyman,= =20 embarked on a treacherous journey from Utah to San Bernardino. Next month, Bogh will get the chance to follow his great-great-grandfather's= =20 footsteps. He and his wife, Sharon, both of San Bernardino, are taking part in the=20 historic Heritage Trails Celebration, retracing the route of colonists who=20 helped settle San Bernardino. "I always wanted to do it," said Lynn Bogh, who has an interest in history=20 and Western culture beyond the family connection. "I always thought I would=20 move back to that period if I could." Sharon Bogh said, "He's a cowboy living in the city." The Boghs will join a group of travelers who, by wagon, horseback and foot,=20 will follow the trails blazed by the early settlers. They will travel for 50= =20 days starting Sept. 8 from Spanish Fork, Utah, to Glen Helen Regional Park i= n=20 Devore, said Marilyn Mills, president of the Heritage Trails Association. "It's an experience, a once-in-a-lifetime thing," Mills said. "We are making= =20 history while we are re-enacting history." The Heritage Trails Association recently agreed to extend its registration=20 period to allow more people to get involved. Registration should be done as soon as possible, and no later than seven day= s=20 before the date the participant wishes to join the B1 wagon train, Mills said. The seven days is needed to make sure the wagon=20 train will have adequate food and supplies for everyone. Though much has changed in the 150 years since Lyman, a member of the Church= =20 of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led a group of 437 men, women and=20 children to San Bernardino, much of the route the settlers took is as it was= =20 in 1851, said wagonmaster Paul Bliss, who is organizing the leadership team=20 for the trail ride. "We're on the original trail for most of it," he said, estimating that 60=20 percent of the route is exactly the same as it was then. "The route they too= k=20 would be a lot more rugged and slower." Parts of the route will diverge from the original trail because of federal=20 land restrictions and other issues, but the team will stay as close to the=20 original route as possible. Bliss said the team will travel about 20 miles per day with stops for meals,= =20 water and sleep. To keep things authentic and for safety reasons, participants may not use CD= =20 players or wear tank tops, shorts, thongs or baseball hats. Period dress is=20 encouraged, Bliss said. Of course, not everything can be authenticated. The group will have a tanker with 5,000 gallons of water, portable restrooms= =20 and emergency medical care available. "If they (the settlers) could carry 50 gallons of water with them, they were= =20 lucky," Bliss said. "Everything is planned for safety, no matter what," Mills said. "And=20 everything is planned so that participants get the most out of the trek." Daily written histories of the original settlers' trail ride will be=20 provided, as will regular visits by historians and lecturers, Mills said. As= =20 the trail riders move through cities along the route, celebrations are=20 planned. Like the original community in San Bernardino, which included Mormon, black,= =20 Jewish, American Indian, Spanish and other families, the Heritage Trails=20 Celebration will be diverse, with participants coming from most of the=20 Western states and across the country. Mills said people wanting to participate don't have to take the entire trip.= =20 They are welcome to join at any point for as long or as short a time as they= =20 want, she said. The end of the trip will coincide with the Bogh family reunion. About 70=20 members of the family are expected to join the group for the last leg of the= =20 journey, Sharon Bogh said. An estimated 200 people will travel through the desert and smaller cities=20 each day, but that number is expected to swell as the wagon train winds=20 through larger cities such as Las Vegas, Mills said. Each day of the journey "is like moving an entire city," Bliss said. "You=20 have all these diverse personalities along with you, which makes it a=20 challenge. But you also get very, very close to each other. You form a bond=20 with these people that you can't do at other jobs." The camaraderie is part of [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[what the Boghs are=20 looking forward to on their trip. "I think it's going to be neat to meet all these other people who have the=20 same interests," Sharon Bogh said. "Besides that, it's something we can tell= =20 our grandchildren about." =20 =20 =20 =A9 1999-2001 MediaNews Group, Inc. =20 =20 =20 =20 - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:37:32 -0400 From: "Debra L. Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN News Briefs: Art Magazine Profiles Mormon Artist Fannie Nampeyo Art Magazine Profiles Mormon Artist Fannie Nampeyo HOUSTON, TEXAS -- The art magazine Southwest Art profiled Mormon artist Fannie Polacca Nampeyo in its August issue, looking at the Hopi artist's pottery and her role in the well-known Nampeyo family. The youngest daughter of Nampeyo, Fannie helped her mother by painting the pots her nearly-blind mother had created in her later years. Eventually, Fannie inherited Nampeyo's role as matriarch of the Corn Clan and built her own reputation as a solo artist following her mother's death. She also joined the LDS Church and devoted a lot of her time to Mormon crafts, such as quilting. Fannie also inspired her four daughters and three sons to continue making pottery. The article indicates that while Fannie didn't participate in arts exhibitions often, she did participate in the Museum of Northern Arizona's Hopi Craftsman Exhibition, winning a blue ribbon in 1961. She died in 1987. >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. For more information see http://www.MormonsToday.com/ - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:12:02 -0500 From: Larry Jackson Subject: [AML] Fiction in LDS Pubs Jeff Savage: OK, so I just got my September Era and there were the various contest winners, including (drum roll please) FICTION! So does the new policy do away with the teen fiction contest in the future. _______________ Oh, well. At least they printed the winning piece. I thought I would check the the announcement for next year's contest, which is usually somewhere in the issue with the current winners. But it isn't there. "My heart squeezes Spandex-tight." * Oh, anguish! I can hardly wait to find out. :-> An interesting aside: Only one young man is pictured among the winners. All the rest are young women. Benjamin Salisbury wrote the first place hymn. What do you make of that? Do the young ladies have more time on their hands or are they more talented? I realize it's not really a fair questions, but does anyone know what the male/female entry ratio is? And, being a guy, I wouldn't even *dream* of trying to extend this small observation into real life. Larry Jackson * Sheralee Bills, First-Place Winner, Fiction ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - - AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature http://www.xmission.com/~aml/aml-list.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:10:03 -0400 From: "Debra L. Brown" Subject: [AML] Fw: MN Unknown Teichert Painting Discovered in Utah High School: Salt Lake Tribune 25Aug01 US UT SLC A2 Unknown Teichert Painting Discovered in Utah High School RICHFIELD, UTAH -- Everyone dreams of a great find when they dig through their attics and basements and that is what the director of the Springville Museum of Art found in a dirty, folded canvas in the Richfield High School safe. Vern Swanson and associate museum director, Sharon Gray, traveled to more than 100 Utah public schools to inventory art works as part of the museum's statewide Art Partnership Project. On August 24 they discovered "the art find of the decade." The dirty canvas was an oil painting by Utah-born artist Minerva Teichert depicting an American Indian on horseback about to slay a bison. No one is sure where the picture came from. The canvas was under the stage in the old school and the drama teacher, Elaine Street, said she found the picture about three years ago under the stage in the new school while she was looking for props. "It was behind some boxes of [furnace] filters under the stage which had never been touched in the 16 years I'd been teaching here," she said. "I almost tossed it out." A year later she removed it from its broken frame, folded it and placed it in the vault for safe keeping. Swanson said the 60-inch-by-76 inch painting will be worth $50,000 once is undergoes emergency restoration and gets a new frame. Once the picture is finished, it will be returned to the school. Minerva Teichert's best-known works include covers on Latter-day Saint publications, more than 40 paintings based on the Book of Mormon which hang at Brigham Young University, and a mural in the World Room of the Manti Temple. The Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City owns several of her larger pieces and there are others in the Springville Museum of Art. Source: Museum's Statewide Quest Nets 'Art Find of Decade' in Richfield Salt Lake Tribune 25Aug01 A2 http://www.sltrib.com/08252001/utah/utah.htm By Mark Havnes and Hal Edwards: Salt Lake Tribune >From Mormon-News: Mormon News and Events Forwarding is permitted as long as this footer is included Mormon News items may not be posted to the World Wide Web sites without permission. Please link to our pages instead. 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