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Author: Andrew Hall

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  • Posted on October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

The Giant Joshua and Maurine Whipple: Zoom event

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Lisa Van Orman Hadley interview: Irreversible Things

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  • Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Sunstone Symposium 2020 – Literature and the Arts

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  • Posted on July 17, 2020July 20, 2020

Dialogue Book Report #4: Recent books on LGBTQ issues and Mormonism

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  • by Andrew Hall
  • Posted on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

9th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz

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  • by Andrew Hall
  • Posted on May 2, 2020May 8, 2020

2019 AML Award Winners

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  • Posted on March 12, 2020

2019 AML Awards Finalists #5: Non-Fiction and Comics

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  • by Andrew Hall
  • Posted on March 11, 2020March 14, 2020

2019 AML Awards Finalists #4: Poetry and Criticism

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