Join us on October 29 at Benchmark Books for an engaging evening with Brian Q. Cannon, who will speak about his new biography, Building a Global Zion: The Life of David O. McKay, releasing later this month.
“David O. McKay’s prominence in Latter-day Saint history allows for, and indeed demands, multiple biographies. Building a Global Zion focuses on the personal McKay. . . . Filled with accounts of person-to-person interactions, it gives us access to McKay’s extraordinary persona and influence.”
—Gregory A. Prince, coauthor of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
“This is one of the best biographies published in Mormon Studies in recent years.”
—Matthew L. Harris, author of Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality
Cannon’s discussion will offer new insights into McKay’s formative years, leadership style, and global vision for the church.
Preorder now, either online or at your local bookstore. Books will ship in late September.
In Case You Missed It
Poet, playwright, author, and ally Carol Lynn Pearson spoke with Signature director Barbara Jones Brown on our latest podcast episode about her new book, The Diaries of Carol Lynn Pearson—Mormon Author, Feminist, and Activist: Volume 1, 1956–1990. Unbeknownst to almost everyone but herself, Pearson kept a near-daily diary since she was a teenager, recording her remarkable story in the context of 20th- and 21st-century Mormon America. In this interview, Pearson shares not only her love for her church, but also her troubling experiences and concerns with its patriarchy, historic doctrine of polygamy, omission of a feminine divine, and homophobia.
Chad Nielson recently reviewed The Blood in Their Veins: The Kimballs, Polygamy, And The Shaping Of Mormonism, praising it for illuminating “not only the intimate lives of the Kimballs but also broader currents in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Mormonism, including polygamy, priesthood adoption, colonization, mental health, family politics, visions, missionary service, and church leadership.” Historian Todd Compton called the book “a model family history, unsparingly honest.”
Coming This Fall from Signature
