Rachel Hunt Steenblik photo by Keri Michelle Photography
Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am an on-pause PhD student and mostly a mother to two kids –2 and about to be 5. Right now I’m in Utah with my parents waiting to move to China with my husband. He’ll be teaching architecture. Right now I feel like I am in this precipice where I’m not actually sure where I am. Going feels really brave, but staying here waiting feels like a middle place. My started PhD is in Philosophy of Religion. I study Søren Kierkegaard and theology related to Mormon women, including Mormon Feminism and Heavenly Mother, who may or may not be a Mormon woman. I like to think of her as one.
Your writing is so diverse, from academic publications to creative work in prose and poetry. How does each one speak to who you are and your aspirations as a writer?
Academic and creative work are both valuable to me because they reach different people. That spectrum is always useful for moving ideas forward and understanding.
