Bibliographic information available online
Journals and Periodicals publishing Mormon Literature and
Criticism
- Dialogue (quarterly; fiction, poetry, reviews)
See special issues on Mormon literature in Dialogue (Winter 1972, Winter 1974,
and Summer 1977)
- Sunstone (fiction, poetry, drama, reviews)
- Wasatch Review International (fiction, personal essays,
poetry, drama reviews)
- Exponent II (fiction, essays, poetry)
- This People (fiction, poetry)
- BYU Studies (fiction, poetry, reviews)
- BYU Magazine (reviews)
- Latter-day Digest (various genres and media)
- Wasatch Review International (Now defunct)
P.O. Box 1017
Orem, UT 84059
Editor: Tory Anderson
- Wasatch Review seeks short stories, personal essays, poetry, and drama that explore the
Mormon culture.
- Exponent II
Exponent II
P.O. Box 128
Arlington, MA 02174-0002.
- A 4-issue subscription (one year) is $15
- BYU Studies
BYU Studies
403 CB
Provo, Ut 84602
(801) 378-6691
- $15.00 / year
- Visit the BYU Studies
Home Page for more information
Note: Information is believed to be accurate as of August, 1994. Corrections and additions
are welcome
Publishers of Mormon Literature
- Deseret Book
- Deseret Book Company
- 40 E. South Temple
- P.O. Box 30178
- Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0178
- (801) 534-1515
- Publisher: Deseret Management Corp., owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
- Director of Publishing: Sheri Dew
- Bookcraft
- Bookcraft, Inc.
- 1848 W. 2300 S.
- Salt Lake City, UT 84119
- (801) 972-6180
- Covenant
- Covenant Communications, Inc.
- 920 East State Road Suite F
- Post Office Box 416
- American Fork, UT 84003-0416
- (801) 756-9966
- (801) 756-1049 (fax)
- Publisher: Lew Kofford
- Managing Editor: JoAnn Jolley
- Aspen
- Aspen Books
- 6211 South 380 West
- Salt Lake City, UT 84107
- 265-9393 (Aspen)
- 268-1199 (Worldwide Publishers)
- Publisher: Curtis Taylor and Stan Zenk
- Managing Editor: Darla Isackson
- Horizon
- Horizon Publishers and Distributors, Inc.
- 50 S. 500 West
- P.O. Box 490
- Bountiful, UT 84011-0490
- (801) 295-9451
- Publisher: Duane Crowther
- Signature
- Signature Books
- 564 W. 400 N.
- Salt Lake City, UT 84116
- (801) 531-1483
- President: George D. Smith
- Director of Publishing: Gary J. Bergera
- Cedar Fort
- Cedar Fort, Inc.
- 925 N. Main
- Springville, UT 84663
- (801) 489-4084
- Hatrack River
- Hatrack River Publications
- Editorial Department
- P.O. Box 18184
- Greensboro, NC 27419-8184
- (910) 282-9848
- (910) 288-5470 (fax)
- Publisher: Orson Scott Card
- Distributed through Publisher's Wholesale
- University of Utah Press
- University of Utah Press
- 101 University Services Bldg.
- Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- (801) 581-6771
- Brigham Young University Press
- Brigham Young University Press
- University Press Building
- Brigham Young University
- Provo, UT 84602
- (801) 378-2741
- University of Illinois Press
- Info currently not available
- Tabernacle Books
- P.O. Box 211621
- Salt Lake City, UT 84121
- (801) 501-8348
- Embryo
- Info currently not available
- Perigrine Smith
- Peregrine Smith Books
- 1877 E. Gentile
- P.O. Box 667
- Layton, UT 84041
- (801) 544-9800
- Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith
- Randall
- Managing editor was Curtis Taylor (now at Aspen)
- Info currently not available
- Orion
- Imprint of Signature (see above)
- Grandin
- Grandin Book
- 728 W. Columbia Ln.
- Provo, UT 84604
- (801) 377-1298
- Keepsake (An imprint of Grandin, above)
- Formerly this label was owned by Sonos Publishing, Inc.,
- 1386 W. Center, Orem, UT 84057,
- (801) 224-5330, Larry Barkdall, publisher.
- Council Press
- Council Press
- 401 W. Maple
- Mapleton, UT 84664
- (801) 489-3383
- Hawkes
- Hawkes Publishing, Inc.
- 5947 S. 350 West
- Murray, UT 84107
- (801) 266-5555
- Publishers Press (owned by Bookcraft)
- Publishers Press
- 1900 W. 2300 South
- West Valley City, UT 84119
- (801) 972-6600
Distributors of Mormon Literature
(Note: Some of the publishers listed above may also be distributors. This list contains only
those companies known to distribute more than just their own products. Corrections and
additions are welcome.)
- Publishers Wholesale
- Publishers Wholesale Inc.
- 805 W. 1700 South
- Salt Lake City, UT 84104
- (801) 972-6338
- Horizon
- Horizon Publishers and Distributors, Inc.
- 50 S. 500 West
- P.O. Box 490
- Bountiful, UT 84011-0490
- (801) 295-9451
- Cedar Fort
- Cedar Fort, Inc.
- 925 N. Main
- Springville, UT 84663
- (801) 489-4084
- Deseret Book
- Deseret Book Company
- 40 E. South Temple
- P.O. Box 30178
- Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0178
- (801) 534-1515
- Tabernacle Books
- P.O. Box 211621
- Salt Lake City, UT 84121
- (801) 268-1111
Retailers of Mormon Literature
Retailers of Mormon Literature: New Books
Note: Mormon literature is increasingly being retailed in national book chains, especially those
with branches in areas of Mormon population. These include Hastings, B.
Dalton, Media Play, and Barnes and Noble. The following list excludes
such stores and includes not only the large chains of LDS booksellers, but the numerous
independent bookstores that sell books by and about Mormons and LDS products across the U.S.
and abroad.
(List of retailers to be inserted)
Retailers of Mormon Literature: Used Books
- Sam Weller's
254 S. Main
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 328-2586
- Benchmark Books
3269 S. Main
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801) 456-3111
Retailers of Mormon Literature: Online LDS Book
Resources
Private Collections and Repositories of Mormon
Literature
Many books by Mormons (particularly journals and diaries) are located in permanent, special, and rare book collections:
- LDS Church archives (access with special permission)
- LDS Family History Library (public access)
- Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections (restricted access)
- Henry E. Huntingon Library, San Marino, California (restricted access)
- William R. Clark Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (restricted access)
Courses Offered in Mormon Literature
Brigham Young University: English 368, "Literature of the Latter-day Saints"
"Literary study of journals, letters, sermons, short stories, novels, poetry, and
drama arising out of the Mormon experience
from Joseph Smith to the present. "
This course is frequently taught by John Bennion, Gideon Burton,
Eric Eliason, and Douglas Thayer.
Conferences, Meetings, and Symposia in which Mormon
Literature is regularly discussed:
- The Association for Mormon Letters Annual Meeting (January of each year, Westminster
College, Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Conference (Fall of each year,
various Rocky Mountain locales)
- Colloquium on Literature and Belief (Last held March, 1995, Brigham Young University)
- Sunstone Symposium (August of each year, Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Sunstone Symposium West (Held in alternate years annually with Sunstone Symposium
East--various locales)
- Sunstone Symposium East (Held in alternate years annually with Sunstone Symposium
West--various locales)
Please send your updates, corrections, or comments to Gideon Burton:
MormonLit@byu.edu