Emma Lou Thayne
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Emma Lou Thayne is a Mormon
poet, counted as one of the 75 most significant.
She graduated from the University of Utah
in 1945. She would later return there to coach tennis
and teach English. She was on the faculty over 30 years.
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
poet, counted as one of the 75 most significant.
She graduated from the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
in 1945. She would later return there to coach tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and teach English. She was on the faculty over 30 years.
Partial bibliography
- Spaces in the Sage (1971) poetry collection
- On Slim Unaccountable Bones: Poems (1974) novel
- Never Past the Gate (1975) novel
- With Love, Mother (1975) poetry collection
- A Woman's Place (1977) novel
- Until Another Day for Butterflies (1978) poetry collection
- Once In Israel (1980) poetry collection
- How Much for the Earth? A Suite of Poems: About Time for Considering (1983) poetry collection
- "Where Can I Turn For Peace?Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the official hymn book of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
" (1985) hymn - Things Happen: Poems of Survival (1991) poetry collection
- Clarice Short: Earthy Academic (1994) biography/memoir
- All God's Critters Got A Place in the Choir (1995) personal essay collection with Laurel Thatcher UlrichLaurel Thatcher UlrichLaurel Thatcher Ulrich , is a historian of early America and the history of women and a university professor at Harvard University...