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Category: Author: Andrew Hall

by Andrew Hall
Posted on January 20, 2012April 6, 2016

2011 Mormon Literature Year in Review: Pt. 1, Nationally-Published Fiction

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Hutchins, Joseph: An Epic (Reviewed by Henrik Sorensen)
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Allred, “Seeing (Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants)” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
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