Can Mormons talk, write, and read candidly and nabashedly about sex? Is there a Mormon literature open to appreciation of sensuality in the daily living of a rich and fulfilling existence? Can the erotic be accommodated in the weave and texture of LDS understanding, culture, and theology, while maintaining a recognizably essential Mormon core? This …
Speaker: Larry Rigby
SL10135: A Walking Contradiction: Partly Truth and Partly Fiction
Four Mormon storytellers wade into the narrative swamp, looking for flashes of light and shadow, story and allegory, doubt and belief—and emerge with tales to tell. Physical objects and details assume an almost holy importance: A bottle of vitamins (Centrum Silver for Women), a jar of peanut butter, a container of ashes, inheritance documents, a …
Gender, Sex, Violence, And The Literary Search For A New Mormon Masculinity
Gender, Sex, Violence, And The Literary Search For A New Mormon Masculinity In Larry Rigby’s novel, The Jaeger Artist, new wealth, ambition, talent and an expensive “Liposculpting” transform middle-American Preston Wright into The New Man. But in bohemian Berlin, he wrestles with inflated artistic success, sexual excess, a thirst to avenge past wounds, violent instincts, …