Mormon Literature Database - Christmas, R. A.

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R. A. Christmas R.A. Christmas's (Robert Alan Christmas) fiction has appeared in Stories Southwest and Dialogue. His poetry and criticism have appeared in The Southern Review, Western Humanities Review, Sunstone, Dialogue and other magazines. Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person
Also Known As	Robert A. Christmas
Birth Date	July 12, 1939
Birth Place	Pasadena, California
LDS Missions	California Riverside Mission; Switzerland-Geneva mission
Spouse	Carol Dennis
Children	Eleven children
Education	A.B., Stanford, 1961 A.M., Berkeley, 1963 Ph.D. English, University of Southern California, 1968.
Career	He has taught English and creative writing at Idaho State University, the University of Southern California, San Jose State, and Southern Utah State College, where he served as department chair. He left teaching in 1973 to pursue a career in business, and is still writing.
Awards	His story "Another Angel" received an award from the Association for Mormon Letters as the best Mormon fiction published in 1981. His book of poetry, Getting Drunk in a Clean House, was a finialist in the United States Award competition in 1972.

Works by R. A. Christmas Sort by title	Year	Genre
Three Generations of Mormon Poetry	1990	Criticism
The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt: Some Literary, Historical, and Critical Reflections	1966	Criticism
The Dichotomy of Art and Religion	1966	Criticism
Art, Religion, and the Market Place	1966	Interview / Panel
The Fiction	1998	Novel
Riding Backwards	2001	Poetry
Santa Anas	2001	Poetry
City of Roses	2000	Poetry Collection
Readings	2000	Poetry
Towards a History of Provo	2000	Poetry
Eaton Wash	1999	Poetry
Real Ice Cream	1999	Poetry
Towards a History of Provo	1999	Poetry
When It Snowed in Pasadena	1999	Poetry
Driving on the Lakebed	1998	Poetry
Hope House	1997	Poetry
Cereal Polygamy	1995	Poetry
His Faith-Promoting Story	1995	Poetry
How Things Look From the Other Side of the Lake	1995	Poetry
Weight	1995	Poetry
Conversation with a Cancer	1991	Poetry
Heartbreak Hill	1991	Poetry
Illness in the Family	1990	Poetry
In Beaver	1989	Poetry
Self-Portrait as Brigham Young	1987	Poetry
Hungry Sunday	1986	Poetry
In Mormon Heaven	1986	Poetry
Playing Softball Against the Polygamists	1985	Poetry
Genesis	1979	Poetry
Looking West from Cedar City, Utah	1973	Poetry
Ghost Truck	1972	Poetry
John D. Lee	1972	Poetry
Adam	1969	Poetry
At Mountain Meadows: For Juanita Brooks	1969	Poetry
Eve	1969	Poetry
The Convert: 1957	1968	Poetry
At Temple Square, Salt Lake City	1966	Poetry
To Joseph Smith	1964	Poetry
Close to the Bone	1974	Review
Decapitating the Mormons: Richard Scowcroft's New Novel	1970	Review
Pancha Loca	1992	Short Story
Another Angel	1981	Short Story