Difference between revisions of "Glen Nelson: Mormon Writer"
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'''Glen Nelson''' is a poet, writer, ghostwriter, publisher, and librettist. He founded the Mormon Artists Group, which serves as a kind of patronage for Latter-day Saint artists and creates original works with Latter-day Saint composers, photographers, painters, architects, sculptors, filmmakers, designers, writers, and choreographers. Mormon Artists Group has published Mormoniana and On Sunday, for example. Nelson publishes a monthly e-newsletter called [http://mormonartistsgroup.com/Mormon_Artists_Group/Glimpses.html Glimpses], a newsletter of Mormon art, scholarship, and opinions. | '''Glen Nelson''' is a poet, writer, ghostwriter, publisher, and librettist. He founded the Mormon Artists Group, which serves as a kind of patronage for Latter-day Saint artists and creates original works with Latter-day Saint composers, photographers, painters, architects, sculptors, filmmakers, designers, writers, and choreographers. Mormon Artists Group has published Mormoniana and On Sunday, for example. Nelson publishes a monthly e-newsletter called [http://mormonartistsgroup.com/Mormon_Artists_Group/Glimpses.html Glimpses], a newsletter of Mormon art, scholarship, and opinions. | ||
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Nelson is the author of ''Mormons at the Met''. Several of his ghostwritten books are New York Times nonfiction bestsellers. He is the author of the e-book ''The Glen and Marcia Nelson Collection of Mormon Art''. | Nelson is the author of ''Mormons at the Met''. Several of his ghostwritten books are New York Times nonfiction bestsellers. He is the author of the e-book ''The Glen and Marcia Nelson Collection of Mormon Art''. | ||
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Glen Nelson is a poet, writer, ghostwriter, publisher, and librettist. He founded the Mormon Artists Group, which serves as a kind of patronage for Latter-day Saint artists and creates original works with Latter-day Saint composers, photographers, painters, architects, sculptors, filmmakers, designers, writers, and choreographers. Mormon Artists Group has published Mormoniana and On Sunday, for example. Nelson publishes a monthly e-newsletter called Glimpses, a newsletter of Mormon art, scholarship, and opinions.
He is co-executive director of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.
Nelson is the author of Mormons at the Met. Several of his ghostwritten books are New York Times nonfiction bestsellers. He is the author of the e-book The Glen and Marcia Nelson Collection of Mormon Art.
By education and training, Nelson is a literary scholar; James Joyce is his specialty, but he pursued other paths after graduating from New York University.
With Murray Boren as composer, Nelson has written three operas: "The Dead," "The Singer’s Romance," and "The Book of Gold."
