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All Hands In
  • by Michael Ellis
  • Posted on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

Call for Volunteers: AML Initiatives October 2020-April 2021

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  • by Theric Jepson
  • Posted on June 15, 2020

Passing of the guard

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just a few 21st century names
  • by Theric Jepson
  • Posted on March 5, 2020March 11, 2020

AML 2020 Call For Papers

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  • by Darlene Young
  • Posted on November 25, 2019

2020 Segullah Writing and Arts Contest: “Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace.”

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Leaf by Nong Vang
  • by Michael Ellis
  • Posted on September 25, 2018September 25, 2018

This Month in Mormon Literature: September 2018

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El Pregonero de Deseret
  • by Gabriel González Núñez
  • Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

El Pregonero de Deseret issue 3 is out!

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  • by Michael Ellis
  • Posted on July 8, 2018July 8, 2018

This Month in Mormon Literature: July 2018

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Sunflower
  • by Andrew Hall
  • Posted on June 10, 2018June 11, 2018

This Month in Mormon Literature: June 2018

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  • 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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