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AML Announces Annual Meeting
PROVO, UTAH -- The nonprofit Association for Mormon Letters is
pleased to announce its Annual Meeting on March 2, 2002, "Walking the
Cultural Tightrope: Mormon Writers and Their Audiences" as well as
the Eugene England Memorial Issue of Irreantum.
ANNUAL MEETING
"Walking the Cultural Tightrope: Mormon Writers and Their Audiences"
March 2, 2002
Gore Auditorium, Westminster College (approx. 1700 S. 1300 E., SLC)
REGISTRATION: 8:30-9:00
(For those who don't preregister by mail [see order form below],
at-the-door registration will be $15, with a limited number of
luncheons available for an additional $15.)
9:00 Plenary Session: "Walking the Tightrope: Are Mormon Audiences Naive, or
Are they Making Choices? Do They Need to Be Educated? If So, How?"
Moderator: Tyler Moulton
Panelists: Jerry Johnston, Richard Cracroft, Marilyn Arnold, Margaret Young
10:00 Plenary Session: "Walking the Tightrope: Balance Requires Academic
Scrutiny"
- A reading of the Sunstone Foundation's contest-winning essay honoring AML co-founder Eugene England
- Neila Seshachari, "Terry Tempest Williams's Interrogation of Faith and Earthly Life in 'Leap'"
- Gideon Burton, "The Critical Divide: Where and Why Mormon Literary Criticism Needs a National Audience"
11:00 Plenary Session: Doug Stewart, "'Saturday's Warrior': Satisfying the Popular Market"
Response: Noreen Astin, "'Saturday's Warrior': The Pioneering Art of the Mormon
Ethos"
12:00 Awards luncheon in the Jewett Center
- Administrative changes: Marilyn Brown
- Awards presentation: Scott Parkin
- Presidential address: Cherry Silver, "The Elegant Angst of Mormon Essays: How to Mine These Literary Gems"
2:30 Breakout sessions:
Option 1: Youth and Fantasy
- Lael Littke, "Great Plots Leap Over Many a Tightrope"
- Laurel Brady, "Communicating with the National Youth"
- Ivan Wolfe, "Stuck Somewhere Before the Golden Age: The Two Mormon Science Fiction Markets"
Option 2: Unique Heritage
- Peter Sorensen, "Mormoniad: The Book of Mormon as Proto-Epic"
- Carolyn Campbell, "Strong Enough to Face the Dark"
- Matthew Hansen, "Meanings and Inferences of LDS Missionary Clothes Burnings"
Option 3: Opposing Forces
- John Charles Duffy, "Serpents in Our Midst: What 'Brigham City' Tells Us About Ourselves"
- John Bennion, "Isolation and Community: Bennion's 'Maps'"
- Gae Lyn Henderson, "Tension of the Opposites: John Bennion's 'Falling Toward Heaven'"
3:40 Plenary Session: Lawrence Flake, "What the Mormon Audience Wants:Telling our Story with Stories"
6:30 Readings from award-winning works and buffet
Home of Ann Edwards Cannon, 75 "O" Street, Salt Lake City
IRREANTUM'S EUGENE ENGLAND MEMORIAL ISSUE
Now at the printer, Irreantum's first issue with a color cover is
devoted to appreciating Mormon literature founding father Eugene
England, who recently passed away. This 96-page issue of the AML's
literary quarterly features editorials, essays, letters, and tributes
from a variety of writers about England's contribution to the field
of Mormon letters. In addition, this issue reprints four of England's
most important essays and is leavened with photos of him at various
times in his life. To order this special issue or subscribe to
Irreantum, see the order form below.
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Association for Mormon Letters
Order Form
The AML is not yet equipped to handle online or credit card orders.
Please print this order form, fill it out, and mail as instructed
below.
AML Membership
Includes Irreantum magazine subscription, book-length AML Annual, and
discounted preregistration to AML events. Options for annual dues
include the following:
( ) Regular - $25 ( ) Contributing - $50
( ) Full-time student - $20 ( ) Sustaining - $100
AML Annual Meeting
"Walking the Tightrope: Mormon Writers and Their Audiences"
Saturday, March 2, 2002
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (registration desk opens at 8:30 a.m.)
Gore Auditorium, Westminster College, Salt Lake City
(Note: The following admission prices are for preregistration only.
At-the-door admissions will be $15 for all parties, with only a
limited number of luncheons available.)
( ) General public - $12
( ) AML member or full-time student - $9
( ) Awards luncheon - $15 additional
Irreantum Magazine
Please note that Irreantum is included with AML membership. Use this
section of the order form only if you are subscribing to Irreantum
without an AML membership.
( ) Sample copy (current issue) - $5
( ) One-year subscription (4 issues) - $16
( ) Back issues (prices include postage)
___ March 1999 ($3): Premiere issue
___ June 1999 ($3): Interview with Marvin Payne
___ Sept. 1999 ($3): Interview with Levi Peterson
___ Winter 1999-2000 ($3): Interview with Rachel Ann Nunes
___ Spring 2000 ($3): Interview with Margaret Young
___ Summer 2000 ($4): Interview with Dean Hughes
___ Autumn 2000 ($4): Interviews with Richard Dutcher, Robert Van Wagoner
___ Winter 2000-01 ($4): Interviews with Dave Wolverton, Mary Clyde
___ Spring 2001 ($4): Interview with Robert Kirby
___ Summer 2001 ($4): Interviews with Anne Perry, Brian Evenson
___ Autumn 2001 ($5): Eugene England Memorial Issue
Donations
The AML is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so donations are tax
deductible. We seek donations for several purposes: improving the
quality of Irreantum and our website, bringing more of the big names
in Mormon letters to the annual meeting and the writers' conference,
and creating an endowment to ensure the AML's future financial
stability. Your donation of any size will help these endeavors.
( ) Please accept my donation of $_____.
Total enclosed: _____ Make check payable to AML and mail to:
AML, P.O. Box 51364, Provo, UT 84605-1364
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AML Announces Annual Meeting
Association for Mormon Letters Press Release 1Feb02 A2
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