. As part of this ongoing hoax of me being expert, I will be presenting on Mormons in Comics with Trevor Alvord (BYU librarian and the man who has unquestionably outraced me in expertise). People discussed in my presentation will also be present including Tyler Kirkham (on at least one panel), Ryan Ottley … Continue reading “Theric at San Diego Comic-Con International”
. I’ll be in Salt lake City this weekend for Fan Experience. I’ll be giving an updated version of my Mormons and comics discussion from the first SLC Comic Con which will, among other changes, mention Nathan Shumate’s Cheap Caffeine, incorporate information from a couple AML presentations (James Goldberg on The Garden of Enid, Stephen Carter on Book … Continue reading “Theric (and Monsters & Mormons) at SLC Comic Con Fan X”
. I hope you’ve all seen this delightfully miscontstruing review of Jennifer Quist’s Love Letters of the Angels of Death. Generally, I’m happy to let wrongheadedness do its own thing, but a couple points seem to demand rebuttal and Deseret News hasn’t written back regarding my kind offer to do so in their pages.
. In parts one and two, Courtney Miller Santo—author of The Roots of the Olive Tree—and I have discussed Stephen King and prison and Canadians. This time we get to the important stuff: jellyfish. . Theric: As I came to the final section of Roots—narrated by Bets—I was concerned. She’d seemed the least dynamic character … Continue reading “Theric interviews Courtney part three: the secret of immortality, etc.”
. In part one, we discussed the women of Courtney Miller Santo’s new novel, The Roots of the Olive Tree. Today we talk a bit more about writing. One thing we will not talk about is the symbolic weight of the olive tree in her fiction. I’m not sure we should let authorial intention muddy the … Continue reading “Theric interviews Courtney part two: know when to say when, etc.”
. Courtney Miller Santo saw her debut novel The Roots of the Olive Tree published last year by William Morrow. She teaches at the MFA program at the University of Memphis (of which she is an alumna). If you read the Mormon literary outlets, you’ve seen her work in Irreantum and Sunstone. In fact, she has … Continue reading “Theric interviews Courtney part one: powerful women, etc.”
Yesterday Modern Mormon Men ran a shortened version of my interview with AMV’s own Theric Jepson about his new novel Byuck. The interview was too long for what I like to post on MMM, so I’m posting the interview in its entirety here. Also, if you haven’t already done so, enter Modern Mormon Men’s Byuck giveaway. They have five copies up for … Continue reading “Theric Jepson Uncut: The Complete Byuck Interview”
. During his one-man show Questions of the Heart (tickets still available — tonight’s show includes a Q&Q with the creator), writer/actor Ben Abbott speaks, I believe, 100%ly in the actual words he recorded during his interviews. One character early in the play speaks of loving those fabulous Primary ladies as a child, then clarifies … Continue reading “A brief review of Questions of the Heart’s language in which Theric gets to say I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!”
. Last year this month I surveyed all I knew about Mormon Comix (defined quite broadly) (and using a spelling some took issue with). This month (and in subsequent Augusts) I will briefly review three of my favorite Mormon Comix read since 2008’s write-up. Anyone aware of my reading will note some obvious names missing … Continue reading “Theric’s Comix Survey, Revisited”
Remember how I said that Short Story Friday was going to focus on AMVers for the next few weeks? I meant it. But here’s the thing: we’ve got some excellent short story writers on our team. Title: The Widower (link is to PDF download) Author: Eric W. Jepson Publication Info: Dialogue Wireless, 2007/Dialogue, Summer 2009 … Continue reading “Short Story Friday: The Widower by Theric Jepson”
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