My Body Has Many Names
What piece of me was already squirming through the indescribable infinities of her body on July 17, 1920 in Red Lodge, Montana the day my maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, was born. She died long before...
View ArticleLittle Happy Secrets
CLAIRE: When December rolled around I was sick to death of Provo. Of the valley, of the pollution, of stupid California drivers, and the fact that you can’t buy a Coke on campus that has caffeine in...
View ArticleSweetheart Come
Emma Hauck realizes that her husband’s political ambitions are changing him—and their marriage. She finds refuge in her writing, and in the unexpected friendship of a new servant. As both relationships...
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Interview with Fiona Givens
Fiona Givens was born in Nairobi, Kenya, educated in British convent schools, and converted to the LDS church in Frankfurt am Main. She earned degrees in French, German, and in European History while...
View ArticleRe-Centering Resurrection
This selection comes from this quarter’s Featured Writer, Fiona Givens. “There is…a consensus in Greek patristic and Byzantine traditions in identifying the inheritance of the Fall as an inheritance…of...
View ArticleIntroducing Featured Artist, Jenna Von Benedikt
Segullah is pleased to share the art of this season’s Featured Artist, Jenna Von Benedikt. Born outside of London, England, Jenna gains inspiration from her European roots and places she’s lived and...
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Interview with Ally Condie
Segullah Staffer, Terresa Wellborn, recently sat down with the best-selling young adult author Ally Condie. Condie answers questions about her books, balancing writing and personal life, and church...
View Article“Emma Smith as an ‘Elect Lady’ and the Relief Society Rooted in Revelation...
In the first verse of his second letter, the apostle, John, addresses “the choice Kyria” and “her children.” 1 The Greek title, Kyria (Lady) is from the same root word as Kyrie—Lord—as in Christ,...
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Interview with Artist Jenna von Benedikt
“You often find birds being thought of as a messenger, or that they are bringing truth and light. I like that thought, that maybe we are here to bring good messages to other people or spread goodness.”...
View ArticleThe Mother of all Living, the Good, the Evil and The Tree of Life
Of all those feeling alone, forgotten and marginalized, the largest group I think must be the women of the Church. We find ourselves carrying not only our own crosses but the crosses of those we love...
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Interview with Rosalyn Eves
Inspiration and encouragement: I read that when you were in 5th grade a teacher told you “you might be good at writing and that some grown-ups do that for a living.” Obviously, that made a strong...
View ArticleExcerpt from Blood Rose Rebellion
CHAPTER 1 London, April 1847 I did not set out to ruin my sister’s debut. Indeed, there were any number of things I deliberately did not do that day. I did not pray for rain as I knelt in the small...
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Artist Statement by Brittany Long Olsen
I started making one comic every day for my journal back in 2008 as a college freshman. A few years later when I became an LDS sister missionary, I saw no reason to stop making comics every day. I...
View ArticleExcerpt from Featured Writer Rosalyn Eves: Chapter Lost Crow Conspiracy
Vienna, May 1848 There is a feeling a hunted creature gets: a prickling of fine hairs at the back of the neck, a sense of unseen eyes crawling across one’s spine, a shift in the air. A smell, perhaps....
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Interview with Artist Brittany Long Olsen
Please share some basic biographical information about your life, family-of-origin, schooling, your own family. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? When and how did you start...
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Segullah interview with Cathy Stokes
Love at first sight A search on Mormonwiki will tell you that Cathy Stokes is a retired deputy director in public health and a community volunteer. Born in Mississippi into stark poverty, she moved...
View ArticleFault Lines
I was in graduate school when I had my first child; I wrote my dissertation in snippets while he napped. School was logical, ordered. I knew the rules to the game and played it well. This parenthood...
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Interview with Featured Writer Luisa Perkins
We are pleased to introduce our newest Quarter Featured Writer, Luisa Perkins. Luisa Perkins is the author of several books, short stories, and essays. She graduated from BYU and has just completed an...
View ArticleArtist Statement, Shushana Rucker
Rudolf Arnheim stated, “Unless the stuff of the senses remains present the mind has nothing think with.” The ability to collect sensory data is imperative in the pursuit of conceptual connections. Many...
View ArticleUnleaving
This short piece of fiction from Featured Writer Luisa Perkins was first published in Segullah’s new book. “Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving?” –Gerard Manley Hopkins *** “When we...
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