Literary footnotes

By Dennis Lythgoe
Deseret News
Published: Sunday, May 4, 2008 12:31 a.m. MDT
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STEPHANIE PEARL-McPHEE, nicknamed "The Yarn Harlot" and author of "Things I Learned From Knitting Whether I Wanted to or Not," will deliver a lecture and demonstration, today, 3 p.m., main auditorium, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.

MELISSA BOND and SARA CALDIERO-OERTLI, poets; CAT PALMER, photographer; and KINDRA FEHR, artist, will perform "Blood, Fertility and Magic: An Evening of the Sacred, the Primal, the Belly," a reading and gallery exhibit, Friday, 8 p.m., Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S. 200 East.

THE ANNUAL IRREANTUM FICTION CONTEST, sponsored by the Association for Mormon Letters, requests entries relating to the Mormon experience. Authors need not be LDS. Fictional forms up to 8,500 words will be considered, including short stories and excerpts from novels. Personal essays must not exceed 5,000 words. Cash prizes will be awarded. Visit www.mormonletters.org/irreantum/contest.html for more information.

THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MORMON HISTORY ASSOCIATION will be held Thursday, May 22, through Sunday, May 25, at the Red Lion Hotel, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, Calif. For scholars and others interested in Mormon history. Attendees are required to join the MHA. For more information, contact Tom Kimball, 835-8742 or e-mail tom@signaturebooks.com.

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