James Goldberg
@goldbergwriter.bsky.social
Always up for a conversation about Mormon literature.
More on my books at www.goldbergish.com
More on my books at www.goldbergish.com
Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life.
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life.
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
In my family, we have some sayings. One is, “The dread is worse than the doing.”
If I can trick myself into starting something, I at least escape the dread.
If I can trick myself into starting something, I at least escape the dread.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In my family, we have some sayings. One is, “The dread is worse than the doing.”
If I can trick myself into starting something, I at least escape the dread.
If I can trick myself into starting something, I at least escape the dread.
After years of creative writing for people who want to buy my house, one of them finally texted back!
January 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
After years of creative writing for people who want to buy my house, one of them finally texted back!
Grateful to Jeffrey Essmann, the editor who selected my poem to feature in the Catholic Poetry Room today.
December 25, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Grateful to Jeffrey Essmann, the editor who selected my poem to feature in the Catholic Poetry Room today.
I've got a piece in the Holiday Lit Blitz:
www.mormonlitlab.org/post/tastes-...
www.mormonlitlab.org/post/tastes-...
December 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I've got a piece in the Holiday Lit Blitz:
www.mormonlitlab.org/post/tastes-...
www.mormonlitlab.org/post/tastes-...
I enjoy buy-your-house texts enough that my wife handed me her phone to reply to one.
November 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I enjoy buy-your-house texts enough that my wife handed me her phone to reply to one.
Woke up sore, drained—and thankful for my body, with its insistent persistence.
November 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Woke up sore, drained—and thankful for my body, with its insistent persistence.
My 12-year-old son took up percussion and now drums on everything. Reminds me of Wm Morris's "The Elder Who Wouldn't Stop": www.mormonlitlab.org/post/day-two...
"The Elder Who Wouldn't Stop" by Wm Morris
Elder Russell’s greenie was the most diligent, obedient missionary he had served with so far in Spain. There was only one problem: he wouldn’t stop drumming. During breakfast, lunch and dinner; phone ...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
My 12-year-old son took up percussion and now drums on everything. Reminds me of Wm Morris's "The Elder Who Wouldn't Stop": www.mormonlitlab.org/post/day-two...