Discussing the Lit Blitz: James Goldberg on The Lit Blitz

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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