Holly Welker is an award-winning poet and essayist living in Arizona. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Best American Essays, and […]
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Throwbacklist Thursday: The Story of the Smiths
Often overlooked in the literature written about American families, the Smiths of Western New York nonetheless have a claim over the Rockefellers and Adamses and all the other subjects of […]
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography honored
Since its initial publication, Michael Hicks‘s book The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography has attracted raves for telling the fascinating inside story of the beloved American institution. We are pleased […]
A Mormon Tabernacle Choir FAQ
When Michael Hicks spoke at Benchmark Books in Salt Lake City about The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography, he sought to answer the top questions he’d been asked about his […]
Kirtland Temple book honored by John Whitmer Historical Association
Kirtland Temple: The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred Space by David J. Howlett has received the Smith-Pettit Best Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association (JWHA). The award […]
UIP adds the Journal of Mormon History
The University of Illinois Press is welcoming the Journal of Mormon History as the newest addition to the journals program. The Mormon History Association (MHA) is currently in its 50th […]
The Mormon History Association Celebrates Fifty Years
The Mormon History Association annual conference took place in Provo, Utah, June 4 to 7, 2015. Acquisitions editor Dawn Durante attended and shares her impressions. In 1965, the Mormon History […]
Kirtland Temple author David Howlett wins MHA award
We are pleased to announce that Kirtland Temple: The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred Space by David J. Howlett received the Best First Book Award from the Mormon History […]
Michael Hicks signs Choir biography at BookExpo America
Author Michael Hicks will be signing copies of his book The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography at BookExpo America on Thursday, May 28 at 11am EDT. BookExpo America (BEA) is […]
Q&A with A Foreign Kingdom author Christine Talbot
Christine Talbot is an assistant professor of women’s studies at the University of Northern Colorado. She answered our questions about her UIP book A Foreign Kingdom: Mormons and Polygamy in American Political […]
Salt Lake City – The Last Days
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“Making Space on the Western Frontier” wins a Mormon History award
Mormon-Chronicles reports that W. Paul Reeve’s Making Space on the Western Frontier: Mormons, Minors, and Southern Paiutes won a Best First Book award from the Mormon History Association. […]