Editor and creator of the Mormon Lit Blitz, James Goldberg discusses some of his favorite pieces, and what he’s looking for in selecting finalists.
Highlighted Mormon Lit Blitz pieces:
“The Five Year Journal” by Katherine Cowley - https://www.mormonlitlab.org/post/the-five-year-journal-by-katherine-cowley
“Disability, Death, or Other Circumstance” by Annaliese Lemmon -
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2015/05/disability-death-or-other-circumstance-by-annaliese-lemmon/
“A Sunday at Laginha” by César Augusto Medina Fortes - https://www.mormonlitlab.org/post/a-sunday-at-laginha-by-c%C3%A9sar-augusto-medina-fortes
“TIME a particle” by Citlalli H. Xochitiotzin (English) – https://lit.mormonartist.net/2019/04/time-a-particle-by-citlalli-h-xochitiotzin/ (Spanish) - https://lit.mormonartist.net/2019/04/tiempo-una-particula-de-citlalli-h-xochitiotzin/
James Recommends:
Souls on Fire by Elie Wiesel - https://amzn.to/43HFdYB (commission link)
“Tonight” by Agha Shahid Ali - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51652/tonight-56d22f898fcd7
Irreantum – https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/
Wayfare – https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/
Sunstone - https://sunstone.org/
Dialogue - https://www.dialoguejournal.com/
Exponent II – https://exponentii.org/
Segullah – https://segullah.org/
Further Light - https://www.furtherlightmag.com/
James’ work:
Wayfare’s Summer Festival AI panel - https://youtu.be/cfW6r1Kgqhk?si=9LG7-c1DWppIvOTL
Latter-day Sikh - https://amzn.to/47veobg (commission link)
This interview was produced in coordination with the Mormon Lit Lab Podcast.
Audio editing: Liz Busby
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