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2025 AML Award Finalists #4: Picture Book, Young Adult Novel, Podcast

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2025 AML Award Finalists #3: Novel, Criticism

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2025 AML Award Finalists #2: Comics, Drama, Film

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Bergevin, Hall, “Enough Elizabeth’s” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)

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A New Face on Mount Rushmore: Johnny Townsend and Jeff Laver’s Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction

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2025 AML Award Finalists #1: Poetry and Short Fiction

  • Posted on May 29, 2026June 1, 2026

A Scandal in Zion: The Tragic Story of Louie Wells and John Q. Cannon

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Nielson, “A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher” (Reviewed by Melvin Clarno Johnson)

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Becerra, et al. “Picturing Christ: Understanding Depictions of Jesus in History and Art” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

  • Posted on May 18, 2026

Oman, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

  • Posted on May 18, 2026

Klein, “Loved Ones: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

  • Posted on May 17, 2026

Saints & Cinephiles: Brigham Young on the Silver Screen

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2025 AML Award Finalists #4: Picture Book, Young Adult Novel, Podcast

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2025 AML Award Finalists #3: Novel, Criticism

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2025 AML Award Finalists #2: Comics, Drama, Film

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A New Face on Mount Rushmore: Johnny Townsend and Jeff Laver’s Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction

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2025 AML Award Finalists #1: Poetry and Short Fiction

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A Scandal in Zion: The Tragic Story of Louie Wells and John Q. Cannon

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Saints & Cinephiles: Brigham Young on the Silver Screen

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Come West: Secular and Sacred Poetry

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  • Becerra, et al. “Picturing Christ: Understanding Depictions of Jesus in History and Art” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Oman, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Klein, “Loved Ones: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hales, “Sacred Scar: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Beshears, “40 Questions About Mormonism” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • LeSueur, “Life and Death on the Mormon Frontier: The Murders of Frank LeSueur and Gus Gibbons by the Wild Bunch” (Reviewed by Melvin C Johnson)
  • Bailey, “The Sun Has Shifted As Have I” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Gómez/Núñez, “Volveré…con el alma silenciosa: poemas de Consuelo Gómez” (Reviewed by Jessie Christensen)
  • Hutchins, Joseph: An Epic (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • McBeth, “Deseret Series” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Givens, “Agency (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Swallow, Blythe, Eliason, Rudy “The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hanks, “To Be A Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stapley, “Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Liturgy” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
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  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #3: Novel, Criticism - Dawning of a Brighter Day on On figuring out what genre to label a novel
  • Lonesome on Introducing “Buffalo Flats” by Martine Leavitt: The dilemma of portraying faith in historical fiction
  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #3: Novel, Criticism - Dawning of a Brighter Day on John Serge Bennion: 2021 AML Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #1: Poetry and Short Fiction - Dawning of a Brighter Day on Irreantum presents Eternities of Cats
  • Michael R. Morris on The Good People of St. George: Maurine Whipple’s neighbors

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  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #4: Picture Book, Young Adult Novel, Podcast
  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #3: Novel, Criticism
  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #2: Comics, Drama, Film
  • A New Face on Mount Rushmore: Johnny Townsend and Jeff Laver’s Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction
  • 2025 AML Award Finalists #1: Poetry and Short Fiction

New Reviews

  • Bergevin, Hall, “Enough Elizabeth’s” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Nielson, “A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher” (Reviewed by Melvin Clarno Johnson)
  • Becerra, et al. “Picturing Christ: Understanding Depictions of Jesus in History and Art” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Oman, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Klein, “Loved Ones: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hales, “Sacred Scar: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Beshears, “40 Questions About Mormonism” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • LeSueur, “Life and Death on the Mormon Frontier: The Murders of Frank LeSueur and Gus Gibbons by the Wild Bunch” (Reviewed by Melvin C Johnson)
  • Bailey, “The Sun Has Shifted As Have I” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Gómez/Núñez, “Volveré…con el alma silenciosa: poemas de Consuelo Gómez” (Reviewed by Jessie Christensen)
  • Hutchins, Joseph: An Epic (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • McBeth, “Deseret Series” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Givens, “Agency (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Swallow, Blythe, Eliason, Rudy “The Three Nephites: Saints, Service, and Supernatural Legend” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hanks, “To Be A Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Stapley, “Holiness to the Lord: Latter-day Saint Temple Liturgy” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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