“The Feeling of Knowing”: Brent Corcoran’s Review of Fire

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Dialogue 45.3 Cover.jpgI remembered the other day that the Fall 2012 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought includes a review of Fire in the Pasture. It’s titled “The Feeling of Knowing” and was written by Brent Corcoran, a fellow poet (his name’s in the index included at the end of the anthology) and Dialogue‘s production manager. Here’s a snippet, which I’ve also pasted on the anthology page:

With Fire in the Pasture [. . .] editor Tyler Chadwick casts his net wide to offer readers some of the best LDS poetry produced since the millennium’s turn. With his preface, along with Susan Howe’s contextualizing foreword, readers are well-equipped to form their own opinions about the state of LDS poetry. Most readers will undoubtedly feel at ease browsing its pages, discovering old friends, and perhaps forming some new acquaintances. [. . .]

This anthology is well worth its moderate price and it is easily accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. If readers want truly thoughtful and articulate expressions of and insights into the many voices with which modern Mormonism speaks one would be hard-pressed to locate a more convenient source.

You can read the full review here.