My essay "Mormon and Queer at the Crossroads" has officially been accepted into Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought! The editor, Kristine Haglund, has informed me that it will most likely show up in the Spring 2011 issue. I'll have one more chance to make perfectionist edits after the copy editor goes through it...and well, I already see a few tweaks here and there, but I also want the thing to be done.
The topic is so contentious. I look forward to the discussion it generates...I cover a lot of important points. (I even have slightly grandiose ideas about changing the world.) At about 8500 words with 92 footnotes (might still change), it's my first major scholarly publication.
My hope is that the essay can land me [at some unspecified point down the road] in a Ph.D. program of some sort. This is one of those interdisciplinary pieces: queer theory, feminist studies, cultural studies, history, psychology, sociology of religion, even a little bit of law.
Congratulations!! I cannot even conceive of writing something with 92 footnotes. THAT alone would have scared me off. I look forward to reading your essay. Will you please let us know more details about where we can find it, exact date of publication, etc.?
ReplyDeleteAnd, while I have not yet been able to read the book you wrote, I have read several great reviews of it and look forward to being able to read it soon. From what I hear, it is a hard book to put down once one picks it up. Way to go!!
Happy day. :)
Great job! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWill you please let us know more details about where we can find it, exact date of publication, etc.?
ReplyDeleteYes, when it is in print I will post a .pdf copy here, as Dialogue contributors have full rights over their works. In terms of the exact date, I'm not sure when "Spring 2011" is for the journal. Next February/March maybe?
Congratulations, I have just read your last few posts. I can't wait to read more.
ReplyDeleteYou deffo get snaps! :)