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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