Episodes
Dialogue Book Report #16: Beyond the Mapped Stars by Rosalyn Eves
A discussion of Rosalyn Eves new fiction work.
Dialogue Book Report #15: Restoration and Proclaim Peace by Patrick Mason
Book Review Editor Cristina Rosetti sat down with Patrick Mason to discuss two of his recent books: Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century World and Proclaim Peace: The Restoration’s Answer to an Age of…
Dialogue Book Report #14: Mormon Book Roundup, January 2021
Andrew Hall, Cristina Rosetti, Andrew Hamilton discuss recent books from 2020.
Dialogue Book Report #13: Kristine Haglund on Eugene England
Kristine L. Haglund joins Andrew and Cristina to talk about her book, Eugene England: A Mormon Liberal. Kristine is a writer, editor, and independent scholar, and the former editor of Dialogue. England championed an optimistic Mormon faith open to liberalizing ideas from…
Dialogue Book Report #12: Terryl L. Givens on Eugene England
Dr. Terryl L. Givens joins us to talk about his newest book, Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism. Eugene England was one of the primary founders of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in 1966, an…
Dialogue Book Report #11: Mormon Music and Novels
First a conversation with the music scholars Michael Hicks and Jake Johnson about their recent work on Mormon music and theater. Then a conversation with two book reviewers, Amanda Ray and Liz Busby, to talk…
Dialogue Book Report #10: The best of 2020–Creative Nonfiction and Poetry
We start with a conversation on creative nonfiction by LDS authors, including memoirs and personal essays, featuring the reviewers Christopher Angulo, Lisa Van Ordam Hadley, and Adam McLain. Then a conversation between Theric Jepson and…
Dialogue Book Report #9: Novels of polygamy and the Great Basin frontier
Andrew Hall converses with three remarkable novelists, all of whom have recently published novels set in 19th century Mormon settlements on the Great Basin frontier. Phyllis Barber, John Bennion, and Dean Hughes write in widely…
Dialogue Book Report #8: Andrew and Andrew on 2020 LDS books
Andrew Hall and Andrew Hamilton discuss 2020’s books in Mormon studies and literature.
Dialogue Book Report #7: D. J. Butler
Host Andrew Hall is joined by the authors D. J. (Dave) Butler and Mattathias Westwood to discuss Dave’s recent fantasy/adventure novels, including the steampunk City of the Saints, the early American epic fantasy Witchy War Series, and the historical (1930s Utah)…