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Now’s the Time to Subscribe to Irreantum

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  • Posted on November 6, 2012

Mormon Culture and Les Miserables

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  • Posted on September 4, 2012

One Irreantum Judge’s Take on this Year’s Contests

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  • by Josh Allen
  • Posted on July 3, 2012

Is Contemporary Literary Fiction any Fun?

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  • by Josh Allen
  • Posted on May 1, 2012

From the Writer’s Desk: Conflict in Fiction

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  • by Josh Allen
  • Posted on March 6, 2012

A Shameless Plug for Irreantum

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  • by Josh Allen
  • Posted on January 3, 2012

Why I Spent Years Trying not to Be a Mormon Writer (and How I Got Over That)

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  • by Josh Allen
  • Posted on November 1, 2011

AML and Student Participation

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