Levi S. Peterson
Levi Savage Peterson (born 1933) is a Mormon biographer, essayist and fictionist whose best-known works include the seminal biography of Juanita Brooks, his own autobiography and his novel TheBackslider, "standard for the contemporary Mormon novel".[1] He was born and reared in the Mormon community of Snowflake, Arizona and is an emeritus professor of English at Weber State University. He edited Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from 2004 to 2008.
His work as a writer centers in "the possibility of wrong behavior"; his works "variously examine the tension between Sainthood as fact and Sainthood as aspiration, between belief and doubt, and between expected blessings and the traumas of reality."[2] Similarly, he taught his writing students to "Write from the other side of your inhibitions".[3]
Partial bibliography
- Peterson, Levi S. (1982), The Canyons of Grace, Signature Books, ISBN 0-941214-26-5, OCLC 8306271
- Peterson, Levi S., ed. (1983), Greening Wheat: Fifteen Mormon Short Stories, Orion Books, ISBN 0941214125, OCLC 10118168
- —— (1986), The Backslider, Signature Books, ISBN 0941214451, OCLC 14378627
- —— (1988), Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian, Utah Centennial Series (5), University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-1-60781-151-0, OCLC 18106573
- —— (1990), Night Soil: New Stories, Signature Books, ISBN 1560850035, OCLC 21873653
- —— (1995), Aspen Marooney, Signature Books, ISBN 1560850787, OCLC 33166649
- —— (2006), A Rascal by Nature, A Christian by Yearning: A Mormon Autobiography, University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-0-87480-851-3, OCLC 62766043
References
- ↑ People of Paradox by Terryl L. Givens, page 313 (2007) ISBN 0-19-516711-2
- ↑ "1983 AML Award: Editing & Publishing Honorable Mention". Association for Mormon Letters. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ↑ "The Bright Side of the Dark Side" by Patricia Karamesines
External links
- Levi S. Peterson at the MLCA Database
- Mormon Expression interview with Levi Peterson
- Mormon Stories interview with Levi Peterson
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