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Towards a New Mormon Short Story: England’s Bright Angels & Familiars

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Saints & Cinephiles: Q&A with filmmakers Tanner and TC Christensen

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Unconventional Mormons in The Path and the Gate: Joe Plicka and Annette Haws

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Tom’s Crossing, by Mark Z. Danielewski

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In Memoriam: Thom Duncan

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Cover to the novel La dama errante en la ciudad del fin del mundo

On figuring out what genre to label a novel

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Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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Star, “The Desert Prophet“ (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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Collings, “Divine Law (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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Givens, “Agency (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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Towards a New Mormon Short Story: England’s Bright Angels & Familiars

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Saints & Cinephiles: Q&A with filmmakers Tanner and TC Christensen

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Presenting Irreantum: Outside Upmost

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Unconventional Mormons in The Path and the Gate: Joe Plicka and Annette Haws

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Tom’s Crossing, by Mark Z. Danielewski

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In Memoriam: Thom Duncan

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Cover to the novel La dama errante en la ciudad del fin del mundo
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  • Posted on December 30, 2025

On figuring out what genre to label a novel

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José María Oliveira, forgotten pioneer of Mormon horror cinema

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  • Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Barlow “Time (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Star, “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)
  • Shepherd, Shepherd, and Cragun, “The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism” (Reviewed by Chad Curtis)
  • Turner, “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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