From friends of the blog Ben Crosby and Isaac Richards:

We are pleased to announce that Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory is now available for pre-order through the University of Illinois Press website. Use the code S26UIP for 30% off. This landmark anthology collects fifty-five speeches, each of which is introduced and contextualized by a qualified scholar, including several notable experts from Latter-day Saint studies and Mormon history. 

“Latter-day Eloquence is spectacularly successful in disclosing the workings of the Latter-day Saint oratorical tradition—a species of the prophetic voice not confined to general conference addresses. Whether you are a student of history, letters, rhetoric, or psychology, or simply a thoughtful layperson wishing to understand this movement’s range and potency, this collection might be one of the few 700-page tomes you want on your shelves. Read from the beginning, it tells a story—but it can as easily be read backwards or selectively.” – Philip L. Barlow, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism 

An overview of the volume and sample chapters are also available online at Wayfare Magazine. 

For more information or to request review copies, contact crosby.and.richards [at] gmail [dot]com