The Dead Fathers: Grief and Poker in the West Desert - By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog

The Dead Fathers: Grief and Poker in the West Desert - By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog

The Dead Fathers: Grief and Poker in the West Desert A new novel by John Bennion, from BCC Press     Once at a conference with Lance Larsen, someone asked what he mostly wrote about. I butted in and said, “What it means to have a body.” When I asked Lance about my main thematic concern, he said, “That’s easy—community.” My judgment of his poetry may have been too limited, but he was spot on about my writing. My polygamist murder mysteries, An Un…