In the place of a more formal article or essay, this week (due to time constraints) I wanted to share a few recent articles and newsletters that relate to the Utah experience. Following are links to these articles.
- The Land Desk is a Substack-affiliated newsletter that is, in its own words, “about Place. Namely that place where humanity and the landscape intersect. Geographic ground zero for Land Desk coverage is the Four Corners Country and Colorado Plateau, land of the Ute, Diné, Pueblo, Apache, and San Juan Southern Paiute people. Coverage will spread outward into the remainder of the “public land states” of the Interior West.” The newsletter’s author, former High Country News editor Jonathan Thompson, writes with the best of a rugged Western style, and shares his passion for this place with thoughtful commentary and analysis. I thought his latest article, though short, to be especially powerful in expressing the idea of learning about ourselves through the metaphors immanent in clouds, mountains, sunsets, and sunrises (among many other similar things).
- The Salt Lake Tribune produces a steady stream of thoughtful takes on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This article was no exception.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/10/01/how-covid-has-changed-lds/
- The LDS-centric blog By Common Consent reviewed Utah-based poet James Goldberg’s latest work, a collection entitled “A Book of Lamentations.”
https://bycommonconsent.com/2021/09/28/book-review-james-goldbergs-a-book-of-lamentations/
- This long-form piece on the liberal members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is fascinating.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/09/27/rise-liberal-latter-day-saints/