Adam McLain

Adam McLain is a PhD candidate in the department of English at the University of Connecticut and a JD candidate at UConn Law. He researches and writes on dystopian literature, legal theory, and sexual justice. He has a BA in English, editing, and women’s studies from Brigham Young University, a master of theological studies, emphasizing in women, gender, sexuality, and religion, from Harvard University, and a MA in English from the University of Connecticut.

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Mysterious Rebirth

Popalicious's was, without a doubt, a soda shop. Char had half-considered Raph was joking about it being a tavern that only sold carbonated beverages, but here they were, Raph drinking a "Your Fifth Mother from Mars," and Char drinking a "No Soak."

Golden Deseret

"Father Brigham stood on this hill, overlooking the mighty empire, and declared 'This is the space,'" the tour guide professed, pointing to a hologram of a large man with an even larger beard. He stood erect, proud, happy—as if all of his glorious accomplishments had led to the greatest civilization in the universe.

Essaying; or, Why I Blog

To Think

Writing is a spiritual experience. It is a movement toward greater understanding of myself and the world around me. It is a journey toward apotheosis as I come to know my humanity better through the words I write. I write because it allows me to ruminate on a subject, not coming to a definitive conclusion, but rather opening the door to understanding, even in just a little way, the simple complexity and complex simplicity of the universe that surrounds us.

To Share

Writing is a communal experience. It is meant to communicate thoughts across words in order to form other thoughts in other beings. Those thoughts do not come perfectly thought-for-thought, word-for-word, but in their imperfection, there is a connection, a community that is formed between you and me. A joining. A unity.

To Experience

Writing is an experience. Taking the time to consider something and then to write about it allows one to experience and re-experience an event, a moment, a text.