1.7 Mormon literature and the AML

The 2019 Association for Mormon Letters conference was excellent. Our hosts use some of the panels as a means to discuss Mormon literature in general, focusing on the work of Carol Lynn Pearson, and on the new church history book, Saints.

Authors mentioned: Brandon Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, and DJ Butler.  Favorite books by them:

Mistborn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn

Ender’s Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game

Witchy Eye: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753675-witchy-eye

Carol Lynn Pearson: books mentioned: Beginnings, the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, and Goodbye, I love you. The poem, A Motherless House:

http://www.amotherhere.com/coll/pearson1.php

The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy will be discussed on a future episode:

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208

The Saint’s panel was comprised of authors Scott Hales, James Goldberg, Melissa Leilani Larson, and Angela Hallstrom.  Some of their work:

The Garden of Enid: http://thegardenofenid.tumblr.com/

The Five Books of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Books-Jesus-James-Goldberg/dp/1479271306

Jane and Emma: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8581198

Bound on Earth: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2793921-bound-on-earth