Deseret Book’s Mormon Life Web site has added a new featured titled BYU Studies Corner. The first posting is Mormonism and Mozart’s Magic Flute by James T. Summerhays. The article is related to a Nov. 16 panel discussion on “The Magic Flute: Mozart, Meanings, and Mormons” hosted by BYU Studies that featured several BYU faculty [...]

…the place. Seriously. See my round up below. But first, I should tell you all that I don’t aplogize for the lack of AMV updates. I’ve spent all my free time licking the door handles of all the cars in Chiron’s secret underground executive lot. [NOTE to Chiron attorneys -- clearly that's a joke. I [...]

As I thought about Deseret Book’s acquisition of Excel Entertainment last night, I began to write a post for today that would express my concerns about what this would mean for the world of LDS film. Some of the films distributed by Excel (most notably Richard Dutcher’s “God’s Army” and “Brigham City”) came under fire [...]

Sorry for the lack of posting — flu has raged through the Morris household. I hope to get back to regular blogging later this week, but I had to take just a minute to post this breaking news:
According to KSL-TV, Deseret Book (the largest Mormon publisher/bookseller) is buying Excel Entertainment (one of the two major [...]

The Association for Mormon Letter’s new quarterly newsletter Mosaic is now available. Please note that you’ll need Adobe Reader and it’s an 8-10 minute download if you are on dial-up. The newsletter is probably of more interest to serious Mo-lit readers and those in the Mormon publishing industry (or who aspire to be in the [...]

Benjamin Zucker’s novel Blue is a fascinating piece of experimental fiction. The main narrative is presented as a single column of text in the middle of each right page. To the left and right of (and sometimes above and below) the main narrative are a series of short commentaries on the main body of text. [...]

By now most AMV readers have heard of “The Golden Plates,” Mike Allred’s comic book adaptation of the Book of Mormon — Dallas Robbins, Dave’s Mormon Inquiry, Meridian Magazine, and The Daily Herald have all had coverage.
Although I am somewhat interested in comic books and graphic novels, I doubt that I’ll be reviewing this title [...]