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  • by Guest
  • Posted on January 7, 2026

Tom’s Crossing, by Mark Z. Danielewski

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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 Hall
  • Posted on July 17, 2020July 20, 2020

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

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  • by Theric Jepson
  • Posted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020

Theric on the Irreversible Pillar of Hermana

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  • by Guest
  • Posted on May 7, 2020

David Harris reviews 2019’s Mormon novels

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  • by Guest
  • Posted on February 26, 2020

Of Testimony and Revelation: The Empty Church and the First Vision

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  • by Guest
  • Posted on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Review: Mette Harrison’s “Vampires in the Temple” and “Not of this Fold”

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  • by Scott Hales
  • Posted on January 22, 2013

Read This Book: A Review of Theric Jepson’s Byuck

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NEW REVIEWS

  • Laxness, “Paradise Reclaimed” (Reviewed by Randy Astle)
  • McCann, “We’re Thankful for the Moisture” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Clark, “Confessions of a Once Upon A Time Mormon Girl” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Goldberg and Goldberg, “Latter-day Sikh: From a Guru’s Feet to a Prophet’s Call” (Reviewed by James D. Holt)
  • Crosby, Richards, “Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)

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