On Being Human: Folklore of Mormon Missionaries - Softcover

Wilson, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087421114X ISBN 13: 9780874211146

Publisher: Utah State University Press, 1981

Synopsis

A collection of narratives, humorous stories, and songs from Mormon missionaries that has become a classic study of narrative folklore. The 64th annual Faculty Honor Lecture, in the Humanities, Utah State University.

About this title

About the Author:

Influential for over three decades as a poet, writer, teacher, and mentor in the Intermountain West, Kenneth W. Brewer published ten books of poetry; hundreds of individual poems in literary journals; dozens of essays and articles; he also gave countless readings, and conducted writing workshops throughout the Western states. Professor of English at Utah State University for 32 years, Brewer served on the Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Council and was Utah's poet laureate from 2003 to 2005. As this book was going to print, Ken Brewer passed away at his home in Providence, Utah, surrounded by family and friends.

Review:

After All Those Dinners Alone
Alice Lives Here
The Arctic Gull
Arrival
Ashes
At The Edge
At The Surface
The Barn
Bread And Circus
Business Is Business, Pigs Are Pigs, Etc.
Centre For The Confused
Coming Late To A Funeral
Concession
The Deaf Man Lies Down
The Deaf Man Looks Ahead
The Deaf Man Takes A Lover
Feeding Birds
In-house
John
The Judas Window
Lace
Looking Out For Ed
A Night Like This
Old Maggie
Outside
Peter
Postulate
Self Portrait
Shadows Of Danae
Silver Falls, Oregon
Sleeping Together
The Stairway
To Remember What Is Lost
Waiting For The Zephyr
Where The Edge Drops Out Of Sight
Will You Understand?
Wing Shots
Working
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About this edition

• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 087421114X
• ISBN 13: 9780874211146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28