Within the pages of the Fall 2014 issue, Michael Austin explores the literary heritage of Vardis Fisher, Staci Ford looks closely at the multicultural Latter-day Saint community in the Hong Kong China District and Roger Terry continues his two-part series about LDS usage of archaic pronouns. The issue features poetry by Mark D. Bennion, Sarah Dunster and Ronald Wilcox. You’ll also find James McLachlan’s fascinating review of Terryl Given’s When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought. Also be sure not to miss Charles Inouye’s beautiful sermon on the intersections of Mormonism and nature. Cover and inside art by Maddison Colvin.
I am an English professor who became an administrator who dreams of being a political pundit. After eleven years teaching English and writing books like this, I accepted a position as the Provost and Academic Vice President at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. All the while, though, I dreamed of being a talking head. Soon after moving into administration, I started to write the Founderstein Blog, which examines contemporary politics from a historical perspective. My most recent book is That's Not What They Meant Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing, a 75,000 word op-ed piece that treats the misuse of history by conservative politicians and media personalities.