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Author: Jessie Christensen

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How to Write a Bad Book Review

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Whitney Finalists 2013: First Impressions

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  • by Jessie Christensen
  • Posted on January 8, 2014

Reading Resolutions

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  • Posted on November 6, 2013

Mormon Cinema is dead! Long live Mormon Cinema!

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  • by Jessie Christensen
  • Posted on July 3, 2013

"This was not the way it was supposed to go": Unfulfilled Expectations in Ryan McIlvain's Elders

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  • by Jessie Christensen
  • Posted on June 5, 2013

The Shibboleths of Mormon Aesthetics

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  • by Jessie Christensen
  • Posted on May 4, 2013

Whitney Finalists 2012: Final Thoughts

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  • by Jessie Christensen
  • Posted on April 3, 2013

Art and Literature at the AML Conference

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