Glossolalia

By Marita Dachsel

Glossolalia is an unflinching exploration of sisterhood, motherhood, and sexuality as told in a series of poetic monologues spoken by the thirty-four polygamous wives of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Marita Dachsels second full-length collection, the self-avowed agnostic feminist uses mid-nineteenth century Mormon America as a microcosm for the universal emotions of love, jealousy, loneliness, pride, despair, and passion. Glossolalia is anextraordinary, often funny, and deeply human examination of what it means to be a wife and a woman through the lens of religion and history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927380405
• ISBN13: 9781927380406
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Anvil Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.2"