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Exponent II A feminist forum for Mormon women and gender minority voices

Vol. 43 No. 3 — Winter 2024

Mar 25, 2024 · by Editor

COVER ART“Trek” by Heather Holm
Acrylic on panel, 10 x 10 in
heatherholmart.com | @heatherholmart

LETTER FROM EDITORCompassion for the Roads Not Taken” by Carol Ann Litster Young

ESSAYConfessions of an Old Maid” by Tesia Tsai

BOOK REVIEW of Book of Mormon for the Least of These: Volume 3 — Reviewed by Rachel Rueckert

ESSAYUnwritten Chapters” by Cherie Taylor Pedersen

ESSAYSwerve” by Heather Sundahl

ESSAYPilgrimage” by Janessa Margaret Ransom

ARTIST FEATUREInvisible Labor Made Visible Through Paint” — Interview with Megan Arne by Rocio Cisneros

ESSAYRoads to Being” by Ashley Groesbeck

POETRYCephalanthera austiniae” by Dayna Patterson

ESSAYReclaiming My Footsteps: A Second Journey” by Emmaly F. Renshaw

POETRYStrawberry Wine” by Sadie Marie

ESSAYWhat If?” by Lauren Palmer-Merrill

POETRYBeanboozled in Sharing Time” by Heidi Naylor

FICTIONHoliness to the Lord” by C. Chanel Earl

POETRYWhat I Mean When I Say Las Vegas” by Terresa Wellborn

ESSAYWe Didn’t Wait” by Lorraine Jeffery

POETRYThe Hill Not Climbed” by Emily Parker Updegraff

ESSAYSomewhere, Sometime” by Aislynn Collier

BOOK REVIEW of Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah: The Unexpected Victorian Life of America’s First Female Senator by Joan Jacobson — Reviewed by Ynna Padilla

ESSAYNot Standard” by Madyson Ysasaga

BLOG FEATURE by Cynthia W. Connell, Abby Maxwell Hansen, Alma Frances Pellett

SABBATH PASTORALS Wholly Perfect, Cracks Included” by Liz Malone

POETRYTake me back to her tomato-faced shriek” by Dayna Patterson

ESSAYBarrel Racing” by Amanda B. Erdmann

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EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Rachel Rueckert
Managing Editor Carol Ann Litster Young
Art Editor Rocio Cisneros
Layout Designer & Editor Rosie Gochnour Serago
Fiction Editor C. Chanel Earl
Blog Feature Editor Natasha Rogers
Book Reviews Editor Ynna Padilla
Poetry Editor Abby Parcell
Sabbath Pastorals Editor Nicole Sbitani
Women’s Theology Editor Eliza Wells

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President Lori LeVar Pierce
Vice President & Secretary Lindsay Denton
Treasurer Jeanine Bean
Members Andee Bowden, Carol Ann Litster Young, Jessica Gray, Nancy Ross, Rachel Rueckert, Rosie Gochnour Serago, Heather Sundahl

ADDITIONAL STAFF

Magazine Support
Kif Augustine, Heather Sundahl, Lori LeVar Pierce, Josie Peterson, Kate Bennion, Kayla Marie Becknuss, Natasha Rogers, Hailey Hannigan, Sandra Clark, Megan Eralie, Caroleine James, Kim Ence

Social Media Art Manager Charlotte Condie

Art Community Ambassador Page Turner

Subscription Manager Gwen Volmar

Proofreaders Kami Coppins, Hannah Mortenson, Cherie Pedersen, Karen Rosenbaum

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SPECIAL THANKS

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Exponent II (ISSN 1094-7760) is published quarterly by Exponent II. Exponent II has no official connection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Articles published represent the opinions of authors only and not necessarily those of the editor or staff.

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