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The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction
The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a ¡°straight and narrow path.¡± Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write ¡°a Mormon story.¡± They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the a lifetime of faith in a patriarchal blessing¡¯s unfulfilled promise, a survivor of violence calling a divided community to repentance, a baptism gone very wrong, and spiritual gifts that extend far beyond the apostle Paul¡¯s list. The characters stretch from wayward bishops and helpful home teachers to cyber-?Seventies searching for lost sheep in the metaverse, with settings from the slums of Mumbai to a heaven that turns out to be more difficult than expected. Some characters reject the path¡¯s restrictions and expectations, while others can second the reported words of J. Golden Kimball, ¡°I may not always walk the straight and narrow, but I sure in hell try to cross it as often as I can.¡±
305 pages, Paperback
Published October 16, 2023
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Andrew Hall
3?books37?followersAndrew Hall is an Associate Professor of East Asian History at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
He writes on Japanese colonial education in China and Korea, including editing and contributing to Education, Language, and the Intellectual Underpinnings of Modern Korea (Brill, 2022) and œºÖݼ°¤Ó³¯õr½ÌÓýÊ· ¨D¹úëHµÄ¤Ê¥¢¥×¥í©`¥Á¨D Education history in Manchuria and Korea ¨DAn international approach (Hana Shoin, 2016).
In Mormon literature, he co-edited The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction (Signature Books, 2023) and A Craving for Beauty: The Collected Writings of Maurine Whipple (BCC Press, 2020). He is the Literature Book Review Editor for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
He writes on Japanese colonial education in China and Korea, including editing and contributing to Education, Language, and the Intellectual Underpinnings of Modern Korea (Brill, 2022) and œºÖݼ°¤Ó³¯õr½ÌÓýÊ· ¨D¹úëHµÄ¤Ê¥¢¥×¥í©`¥Á¨D Education history in Manchuria and Korea ¨DAn international approach (Hana Shoin, 2016).
In Mormon literature, he co-edited The Path and the Gate: Mormon Short Fiction (Signature Books, 2023) and A Craving for Beauty: The Collected Writings of Maurine Whipple (BCC Press, 2020). He is the Literature Book Review Editor for Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
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September 14, 2023
Coming October 16, a widely eclectic and excellent collection of new Mormon stories, co-edited by me! Really, I'm amazed that we were able to get some of the best authors in the field to contribute their new stories.
The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a ¡°straight and narrow path.¡± Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write ¡°a Mormon story.¡± They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the path: a lifetime of faith in a patriarchal blessing¡¯s unfulfilled promise, a survivor of violence calling a divided community to repentance, a baptism gone very wrong, and spiritual gifts that extend far beyond the apostle Paul¡¯s list. The characters stretch from wayward bishops and helpful home teachers to cyber-?Seventies searching for lost sheep in the metaverse, with settings from the slums of Mumbai to a heaven that turns out to be more difficult than expected. Some characters reject the path¡¯s restrictions and expectations, while others can second the reported words of J. Golden Kimball, ¡°I may not always walk the straight and narrow, but I sure in hell try to cross it as often as I can.¡±
Authors: Todd Robert Petersen, Eric Freeze, Annette Haws, Mattathias Singh, William Morris, Joe Plicka, Alison Brimley, Tim Wirkus, Jennifer Quist, Heidi Naylor, Theric Jepson, Danny Nelson, Phyllis Barber, Ryan McIlvain, Jack Harrell, David G. Pace, Charity Shumway, Ryan Shoemaker, Michael Fillerup, Larry Menlove, Holly Welker, Ryan Habermeyer, Steven L. Peck.
The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a ¡°straight and narrow path.¡± Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write ¡°a Mormon story.¡± They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the path: a lifetime of faith in a patriarchal blessing¡¯s unfulfilled promise, a survivor of violence calling a divided community to repentance, a baptism gone very wrong, and spiritual gifts that extend far beyond the apostle Paul¡¯s list. The characters stretch from wayward bishops and helpful home teachers to cyber-?Seventies searching for lost sheep in the metaverse, with settings from the slums of Mumbai to a heaven that turns out to be more difficult than expected. Some characters reject the path¡¯s restrictions and expectations, while others can second the reported words of J. Golden Kimball, ¡°I may not always walk the straight and narrow, but I sure in hell try to cross it as often as I can.¡±
Authors: Todd Robert Petersen, Eric Freeze, Annette Haws, Mattathias Singh, William Morris, Joe Plicka, Alison Brimley, Tim Wirkus, Jennifer Quist, Heidi Naylor, Theric Jepson, Danny Nelson, Phyllis Barber, Ryan McIlvain, Jack Harrell, David G. Pace, Charity Shumway, Ryan Shoemaker, Michael Fillerup, Larry Menlove, Holly Welker, Ryan Habermeyer, Steven L. Peck.
January 27, 2024
This is an excellent short-story collection. The variety of topics covered in these tales rivals that of Raleigh¡¯s first collection, .
I am working on a more comprehensive review which I intend to post soon. But, until I can get to that, I am posting this short, temporary review here along with a 5-star rating which, hopefully, will help to bring the book to other readers¡¯ attention.
I am working on a more comprehensive review which I intend to post soon. But, until I can get to that, I am posting this short, temporary review here along with a 5-star rating which, hopefully, will help to bring the book to other readers¡¯ attention.
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