Signature Books Podcast

Signature Books
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Signature Books Podcast

Signature Books, founded in 1981, publishes some of the best books in Mormon studies. We specialize in narrative and documentary history, biography, fiction, poetry, and Western Americana. Our books have received numerous honors over the years from the Mormon History Association, the John Whitmer Historical Association, the Utah State Historical Society, and the Evans Biography Award. This podcast will include interviews with Signature Books authors from both our new releases and some of the significant books from our backlist.

  1. -4 ДН.

    "Wallace Stegner: Dean Of Western Writers" with author Alex Beam

    Nationally acclaimed author and journalist Alex Beam joins marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve to talk about his new biography, Wallace Stegner: Dean Of Western Writers. Stegner had a prolific career that spanned half a century, including fourteen novels and seventeen works of nonfiction. He won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for his 1972 book Angle of Repose, which later became embroiled in accusations of plagiarism. Beam speaks to the controversy surrounding Stegner, his years gr...

    44 мин.

  2. 16 ЯНВ.

    "Eduardo Balderas: Father Of Church Translation, 1907-1989"

    Author and BYU history professor Ignacio M. Garcia and Signature Books editorial manager John Hatch cover a lot of ground while discussing Garcia's new biography, Eduardo Balderas: Father of Church Translation, 1907-1989. Balderas was a child refugee from Mexico whose family came to live in Texas in the 1900s. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a mission, became a branch president, and began translating for the church. Not only did he translate the Pearl of Gre...

    40 мин.

  3. 12.12.2024

    Reclaiming Our Narratives: Author Event with Laurie Lee Hall & Nathan Kitchen

    In this moving and powerful conversation, authors Laurie Lee Hall and Nathan Kitchen share the genesis of their new memoirs, Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to My New Life as a Woman and The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint Experience During an Ongoing Restoration. They speak to the dominant narratives found in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding Queer issues, and how they reclaimed their own narratives. Both authors are on Ins...

    38 мин.

  4. 26.11.2024

    "Dictates of Conscience" with author Laurie Lee Hall

    Join memoirist Laurie Lee Hall and Signature Books Director Barbara Jones Brown for this fascinating interview based on Laurie’s new memoir, Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest To My Life As A Woman. Laurie’s growing-up years were defined by the conflict between her physical condition as a boy and her inherent identity as a girl. Unable to explain or resolve her gender dysphoria, she committed to living her adult life as a male. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

    58 мин.

  5. 14.11.2024

    "Journeys from a Desert Road," a conversation with author Mary Clyde

    "In what novelist John Gardner referred to as 'the vivid and continuous fictional dream,' Mary Clyde writes two stories of alternate realities with the same or similar characters. Here, fugue-like, a post-apocalyptic world in the Arizona desert informs, undercuts, reiterates, and ultimately harmonizes with a family struggling to tend to a son and brother hospitalized with traumatic brain injury. Or is it the other way around? Winner of the 1999 Flannery O'Connor Award for her collection, Surv...

    28 мин.

  6. 30.10.2024

    Writing Mormon History 2: Authors' Stories Behind Their Works

    Dive into the stories behind Mormonism’s best-known histories with Signature’s soon-to-be released anthology, Writing Mormon History 2. Authors and contributors Joe Geisner, Elisa Eastwood Pulido, Roger D. Launius, and Konden R. Smith Hansen join Signature editorial manager John Hatch for a lively discussion of their work behind their books that made Mormon history. Joseph W. Geisner is an independent researcher who has published in the Journal of Mormon History, Sunstone, John Whitmer ...

    1 ч. 1 мин.

  7. 15.10.2024

    "Fifty Years of Exponent II" Authors & Contributors Discuss Feminism and Mormonism

    Authors Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl, along with contributors Kalani Tonga, Linda Hoffman Kimball, and Amy McPhie Allebest, discuss the background behind Fifty Years of Exponent II with Signature Books director Barbara Jones Brown. Covering topics from origins of the book to the intersection of Mormonism and feminism, you will love hearing about the awakenings these panelists experienced. Katie Ludlow Rich is a writer and independent scholar of Mormon women’s history. Her work focu...

    55 мин.

  8. 30.09.2024

    To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks

    Marketing specialist Beth Brumer-Reeve talks with author Richard D. Hanks about his new book, To Be a Friend of Christ: The Life of Marion D. Hanks, just released by Signature Books. In this discussion, Richard shares how his father, Marion, was always willing to champion the underdog while a prominent leader within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drawing on thousands of letters and journal entries, we get a glimpse of the man behind the calling, and why mercy and compassion ...

    48 мин.
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Signature Books, founded in 1981, publishes some of the best books in Mormon studies. We specialize in narrative and documentary history, biography, fiction, poetry, and Western Americana. Our books have received numerous honors over the years from the Mormon History Association, the John Whitmer Historical Association, the Utah State Historical Society, and the Evans Biography Award. This podcast will include interviews with Signature Books authors from both our new releases and some of the significant books from our backlist.

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    Signature Books
  • Годы выхода
    2022 - 2025
  • Выпуски
    54
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    © 2025 Signature Books Podcast
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