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  • Posted on May 6, 2026May 15, 2026

Work for One of Our Literary Dead: Stephen Carter’s Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author

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  • by Theric Jepson
  • Posted on February 25, 2026February 28, 2026

“Science Fiction & Fantasy in the Latter-day Saint Tradition”: A review of Further Light, Issue 1

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  • Posted on May 17, 2024May 18, 2024

The Conduct of Mormon Literary Criticism at the Present Time

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  • by Andrew Hamilton
  • Posted on November 10, 2023

Review books for the AML blog!

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  • by Andrew Hamilton
  • Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Andrew’s Best Books of 2022 by Academic Publishers that Specialize in Mormon Studies

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  • by Andrew Hamilton
  • Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

Andrew’s Best Mormon Studies Books of 2022 from Independent Publishers

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  • by Andrew Hamilton
  • Posted on January 1, 2023February 6, 2023

50 Mormon Books for 50 years

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  • by Andrew Hamilton
  • Posted on December 20, 2022

The Little Press that Could!

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  • Crosby, Richards, “Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
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  • Hess, “World Running Down” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Bergevin, Hall, “Enough Elizabeth’s” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • 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)

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