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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

  • Earl, “No Two People Are Not on Fire” (Reviewed by Theric Jepson)
  • Champoux, “C.C.A. Christensen: A Mormon Visionary” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
  • Haws, “Richard Lyman Bushman: A Mormon Ambassador” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Oman, “Welding Another Link: Latter-day Saint Essays on Faith and Intellect” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Champoux, “C. C. A. Christensen: A Mormon Visionary” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Brown, “After Happiness: Living with Faith in a Time of Crisis” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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    This sounds like a very interesting, complex, innovative, and engaging work. Not to mention brave. And brave of you to…

  3. Robert Bennett on A Mormon Odyssey: Jack Harrell’s “The Boy Comes Home”October 12, 2026

    Dear Bruce, First and foremost, let me sincerely thank you for engaging in discussions of Mormon short fiction. However much…

  4. Bruce W Jorgensen on A Mormon Odyssey: Jack Harrell’s “The Boy Comes Home”October 12, 2026

    I get the tactic of titling and opening with an Odyssey likening — a sort of Mormon Lit Crit movie…

  5. Bruce W Jorgensen on A Reply to Bennett’s “The Shock of the New: Raleigh’s In Our Lovely Deseret“October 12, 2026

    Hello again Robert — yes, let’s proceed on a first-name basis virtually; maybe we’ll yet meet in person. I’d welcome…

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