The Season
The Season was a one year, online magazine project with the ambitious goal to document every new event, publication, exhibition, podcast, and performance by LDS creatives around the world. This 2022-23 publication, created by 62 contributors, was a monthly magazine including original articles, essays, reviews, interviews, commissioned art, illustrations, and photography, seasonal gift guides, online resources, letters to the editor, and summaries as well as a companion calendar of hundreds of global events.
At the end of the project, the thirteen published issues (September 2022 through September 2023) were collected into a 387-page compilation issue and an index. See the issuu, below.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 4: "Brandon Flowers' Pressure Machine" by Glen Nelson; My Sunday: Rachel Ruechert; "Book Roundup" by Steven L. Peck; "What Is The Season?" by Mykal Urbina; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 24: "The Expanding World of Michelle Dorrance" by Glen Nelson; My Sunday: Mario R. Montani; Come, Follow Me Resources; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 44: "Are We Alike?" by Richard L. Bushman; On Sunday: Greg Kearney; "Waiting for the Chosen" by Glen Nelson; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 74: Gift Guide: Children's Books, Food, Music, Fiction and Non-fiction, Virtual Classes and Services, Holiday Benefit Print by Brian Kershisnik; "Food Culture" by Glen Nelson; My Sunday: Jenny Oaks Baker; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 104: "Game On: LDS Composers Writing Video Game Music Soundtracks" by Benjamin Dean Taylor; In Memoriam; My Sunday: William Morris; "The Latter-day Saint Art World," by Richard L. Bushman; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 128: "That Smiley Fella, Hit by a Bus" by Ted Bushman; My Sunday: K Dawn; "My Mother, A Living Legend" by Kwani Povi Winder; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 150: "Sister Marguerite, Our Darling" by Brigham Barnes; My Sunday: Neylan McBaine; "Prejudicial Restraint" by Glen Nelson; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 182: "Stories and Songs" by Mykal Urbina (in collaboration with Emily Larsen Doxford); "Levi Peterson" by Andrew Hall; My Sunday: Timothy Threlfell; "Musicking In and Out of Mormonism: The Making of Heavy Music Mothers: Extreme Identities, Narrative Disruptions" by Julie Turley; "What I Am Seeing Right Now" by Warren Winegar; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 218: "Copyright Fair Use, Andy Warhol, and Prince: Is the Supreme Court About to Declare That the Transformative Test's 15 Minutes Are Up?" by Patrick T. Perkins; Inside the Art: Madeline Rupard, Geoff Ireland, and Neil Thornock; My Sunday: Kalani Tonga; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 252: Summer Gift Guide: Picture Books, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, Beach Reads, Picnic Basket, Road Trip, Summer School; My Sunday: Kevin Jones Giddins; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 276: "Let's Write a Hymn" by Glen Nelson; "Music Resources of ChurchofJesusChrist.org"; My Sunday: Janice Kapp Perry; "Re: Leroy Robertson" by Benjamin Sabey; "Translated Praise" by Gabriel González; "Beloved Daughter" by Stephen Anderson; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 302: "Fire Is a Chemical Reaction" by Bridget Verhaaren; My Sunday: Jenn Blosil; "Translation for a Summer Afternoon" by Kathie Debenham; and ongoing features.
See Issuu, above, beginning on page 322: "What Just Happened: The Season in Review" by Glen Nelson; "Timeless Fruit" by Jeff Parkin; "The Story Teller" by Kwani Povi Winder; "Reach for Atabei" by Arisael Rivera; "Mormon Literature in Spanish: Current Developments and Outlook" by Gabriel González; "Embracing the Weird: A New Moment for Latter-day Saint Art" by Ted Bushman and Kristen Perkins; "Detroit Underground" by Benjamin Dean Taylor; "Life Itself" by Kathie Debenham; "Living Waters" by Madeline Rupard; "Artivism and Christianity" by Joël René Scoville; "Will There Be a Season 2?" by Mykal Urbina; and ongoing features.
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the Editorial Board and Staff of The Season for their generous contributions:
Charlie Bird
Ted Bushman
Kathie Debenham
Gabriel González
Brian Kershisnik
Jeff Parkin
Arisael Rivera
Madeline Rupard
Joël René Scoville
Benjamin Dean Taylor
Kwani Povi Winder
Warren Winegar
Mykal Urbina, publisher
Glen Nelson, editor
Emily Larsen Doxford, communications
Connor King, graphic design
Megan Eckersley, website design