An illustration of a large, round, gray carved stone head with a small rendition of the main Mormon temple in Utah, a large white building with many spires, on top of its head. The illustration sits on a bright orange background.

A quick send-off from the editor-in-chief

FEATURE STORY

Searching for Zarahemla

The honest account of an epic Mormon road trip across Mesoamerica, featuring a van, the Yucatán, five members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one journalist, and the malleable nature of truth. How many ways are there to tell a story? Who gets to tell them? And how do we know what’s true?

words by Emily Fox Kaplan
art by Axel Rangel García
8,434 words (a 34-minute read)

CONVERSATION PIECES

Creating Visual Syncretism

Axel Rangel García
ILLUSTRATION

In Unto the New Jerusalem

Darren Longman
CRITICAL ESSAY

The Tradition of their Fathers

Catherine Nuckols-Wilde
CRITICAL ESSAY

Van Life

Michael Ventuolo-Mantavani
PLAYLIST

Never Say Never

Brittany Romanello
PERSONAL ESSAY

Las Cruces

Ana Hurtado
FICTION

There Are Lots of Ways to Tell a Story

Laurie Penny
ESSAY

The Ethics of Religious Appropriation, Turned Back On Us

Liz Bucar
CRITICAL ESSAY

Two Poems

Sam Cheney
POETRY

COLUMNS

Guilt Trip

Soraya Roberts

Going the Distance

Sara Benincasa

Travelin’ Mercies

Breai Mason-Campbell

An illustration of a round, carved stone head out of which protrudes a candlestick holder. Instead of a flame, there is a stylized yellow silhouette of the angel Mormoni, as is seen on top of Mormon temples.