Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader is the first comprehensive critical examination of Latter-day Saint art. In this interview, transcribed and edited for length from a podcast conducted upon publication, Glen Nelson interviews coeditors Mason Kamana Allred and Amanda Beardsley about the volume.
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,…
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.)
The Beginning—improbable.
The End—incomprehensible.
Genesis and Revelation,
like wacky bookends.
