Ángel Chaparro Sanz - Parting the Mormon Veil

Barber has dwelled—and wandered—in that “periphery”—in and out of it, crossing, bridging, suffering borders—boundaries, edges, raw edges . Then, she has translated her experience into words. Her characters dwell—and wander—in that spaced and unspaced periphery that she has turned into literary landscapes. Barber departs from her Mormon community to arrive at the infinite world. In that periphery, phones are out of range. I could not have phoned her, anyway. I did not find her number in any of those blurbs, but I found some other ways to connect. The following analysis of her literature tries to explain how to get in touch with her.

1This and the following five quotations are on the back covers of the books published by Phyllis Barber so far. Information about these quotations can be found in the bibliography.

2Barber recently retired, but she still takes part in different workshops and lectures.

3More information about her professional achievements can be found at phyllisbarber.squarespace.com

4In the different sections of this book, I use the expression “young Phyllis” or “young Phyllis Nelson” to refer to Barber’s self-representation in How I Got Cultured: A Nevada Memoir . In my analysis, I explain why I consider necessary to make this distinction.

5I perceive here the boiling brew for her fictional Esther Jensen in the novel. In an interview for Iddie , Barber states that Esther Jensen is “based on my paternal grandmother whom I never knew, and I imagined her from family stories I’d overheard as a child” ( Phyllis 1).

6In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a ward is the larger of two types of local congregations (the smaller being a branch ). A ward is presided over by a bishop , the equivalent of a pastor in other religions.

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