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Laraine Wilkins

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Laraine Wilkins contributed to the development of Mormon Literature as she served for two years as editor of Irreantum, the literary journal of the Association for Mormon Letters. Her life was cut short in an autommobile accident in 2006. She was herself a fine poet (see links and bibliography).
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LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Steven Curtis Wilkins and LaVern Braithwaite
Lena Shoemaker
She died from injuries sustained in a car accident in southern Idaho.
1965-02-22
Provo, Utah
2006-09-02
She attended schools in Provo and Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School in Idaho Falls in 1983. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in German from Brigham Young University and did additional graduate work at Harvard University.
She worked on university library staffs, taught German language at the high school and university levels, was a technical writer and software support technician, and served as editor of Irreantum magazine and as Director of Development and Community Affairs for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City.
Association for Mormon Letters
Female
Author, Editor
English

7 Works by Laraine Wilkins

Title Role Year Genre
Irreantum Editor
Educated Woman Author Poetry
The Double Life of a Mormon Essayist: Tom Plummer Writing for or about Mormons (but Not Both) Author Review
In the Hive Author Personal Essay
How Long Author Poetry
Breaking Bread Above the Waters Author Poetry
Make Yourself At Home Author Poetry
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