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Work for One of Our Literary Dead: Stephen Carter’s Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author

  • Posted on May 6, 2026May 7, 2026

The Shock of the New: Robert Perry Raleigh’s In Our Lovely Deseret

  • Posted on April 30, 2026

More than Just a Joseph Smith Retelling: Reviewing The Tales of Alvin Maker

  • Posted on April 24, 2026

Saints & Cinephiles: Q&A with Matt Whitaker (“Truth & Treason”)

  • Posted on April 21, 2026

Saints & Cinephiles: Interview with Barrett Burgin Pt.2 – A New Wave of Mormon Cinema

  • Posted on April 21, 2026

Hales, “Sacred Scar: Poems” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

  • Posted on April 19, 2026April 20, 2026

Irreantum: Workshop for Happiness

  • Posted on April 14, 2026

Isaac Richards: Poetry is Memorable Speech

  • Posted on April 6, 2026

Going to My Grave for a Mormon Short Story: Ryan Shoemaker’s “The Righteous Road”

  • Posted on April 2, 2026

AML Awards Ceremony, June 20, 2026: Celebrating 50 years of AML

  • Posted on March 31, 2026April 1, 2026

David Thacker’s poetry collection Some Hard Stars

  • Posted on March 30, 2026

Beshears, “40 Questions About Mormonism” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)

  • Posted on March 29, 2026
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  • Posted on May 6, 2026May 7, 2026

Work for One of Our Literary Dead: Stephen Carter’s Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author

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  • Posted on April 30, 2026

The Shock of the New: Robert Perry Raleigh’s In Our Lovely Deseret

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  • Posted on April 24, 2026

More than Just a Joseph Smith Retelling: Reviewing The Tales of Alvin Maker

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  • Posted on April 21, 2026

Saints & Cinephiles: Q&A with Matt Whitaker (“Truth & Treason”)

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  • Posted on April 21, 2026

Saints & Cinephiles: Interview with Barrett Burgin Pt.2 – A New Wave of Mormon Cinema

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  • by Theric Jepson
  • Posted on April 14, 2026

Irreantum: Workshop for Happiness

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  • by Guest
  • Posted on April 6, 2026

Isaac Richards: Poetry is Memorable Speech

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  • Posted on April 2, 2026

Going to My Grave for a Mormon Short Story: Ryan Shoemaker’s “The Righteous Road”

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  • 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)
  • Smith “The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the 1880’s, a History and Bibliography” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Stark, “The Desert Prophet” (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
  • Sorensen, “A Thin Black Veil” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Hoklotubbe and Zacharias, “Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Shae, “Eden Skin” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Easton, Divine Aid (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Harris, Redeeming the Dead (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants) (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Rees, “Imagining and Reimagining the Restoration” (Reviewed by Ryan Ward)
  • Johnson, “Revelation (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Rees & Rushforth, “Making Space for Mormon Thought and Culture: The Enduring Influence of Eugene England (Reviewed by Sherrie Gavin)
  • Kimball, “The Blood in Their Veins: The Kimballs, Polygamy, and the Shaping of Mormonism” (Reviewed by Doug Gibson)
  • Turner, “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet” (Reviewed by Doug Gibson)

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  • Saints & Cinephiles: Interview with Barrett Burgin Pt.2 – A New Wave of Mormon Cinema

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