“A few months before my 28th birthday, I finally kissed a man.” So begins Amanda Jane Smith’s essay The Measure of Creation appearing in Annalemma Issue Eight: Creation. It’s a beautifully honest essay about Amanda’s experiences coming to terms with her religion and her sexuality. I had a chance to talk more with Amanda about these themes.

Topics discussed:

– Richard Russo

– Mormonism

– Resentment

– The roll of women in the church

– The industrial revolution

Click here to listen.

{music: “Life Swap” by Hays Holiday.}