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Letter to the Editor

September 4, 2025

In my review of J. Seth Anderson’s LGBT Salt Lake (Summer 2017 issue, pp. 189–91), I neglected to identify one of the most important pioneers of Mormon LGBT studies at work today. Duane E. Jennings,…

Bring ’Em Young

September 3, 2025

According to one historian, Brigham Young
had “a talent for mimicry”—a talent
the Lord used to convince the Saints that
Brigham was Joseph Smith’s successor,
but that Brigham later used to poke fun
at his fellow apostle John Taylor’s
elegant voice, dress, and mannerisms.
(Taylor loyally disliked him for that.)

Bibliography

September 3, 2025

The Beginning—improbable.
The End—incomprehensible.
Genesis and Revelation,
like wacky bookends.